Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Gloucester
Shippigan, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Shippigan was a census subdivision in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,322. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.865°N, 64.585°W.
Population
In 1881, Shippigan had a population of 2,322: 1,189 male and 1,133 female residents. Population density was 25.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 345 |
| Number of families | 345 |
| Number of females | 1,133 |
| Number of males | 1,189 |
| Number of married females | 347 |
| Number of married males | 348 |
| Number of married persons | 695 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 50 |
| POP TOT | 2,322 |
| Total population | 2,322 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 747 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 830 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,577 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 305 |
| Number of occupied houses | 305 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 21 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 951 |
| Acres of potatoes | 733 |
| Acres of wheat | 228 |
| BAR BU | 2,901 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,901 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 334 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 133 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,825 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 79,050 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,803 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,925 |
| BWT BU | 334 |
| CRN BU | 133 |
| HAY AC | 951 |
| HAY TONS | 1,007 |
| OAT BU | 6,825 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 40 |
| POT AC | 733 |
| POT BU | 79,050 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,007 |
| WHT AC | 228 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,803 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 5,431 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 213 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 21 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 60 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,510 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,952 |
| Number of fishing boats | 123 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 18 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 218 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 49 |
| Number of shoremen | 59 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 370,200 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 10,105 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 5,431 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 218 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 123 |
| C UNMD F | 747 |
| C UNMD M | 830 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,577 |
| CD NAME | Gloucester |
| COD DX K | 10,105 |
| D OCC | 305 |
| EEL XB Q | 8 |
| FEMALE | 1,133 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,952 |
| GRA BU | 18 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 305 |
| H UNINH | 21 |
| HAL XB Q | 12 |
| LOB XC P | 370,200 |
| MALE | 1,189 |
| MCK XB Q | 213 |
| MD F | 347 |
| MD M | 348 |
| MD TOT | 695 |
| NET XX F | 6,510 |
| NUMBER CD | 36 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 21 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 30 |
| OYS XB Q | 60 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 59 |
| TUR BU | 3,925 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 49 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 18 |
| WID F | 39 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 50 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB036007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB025009_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the
Canadian Peoples / TCP project,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan.
Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921).
Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Shippigan, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/shippigan-nb036007-1881/.