Shippigan, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Shippigan was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,322. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365922. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,015 |
| 1881 | 2,322 |
| 1891 | 3,182 |
| 1901 | 3,786 |
| 1911 | 4,732 |
| 1921 | 5,291 |
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 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,322 total population, 1,189 males, 1,133 females, 695 married persons, 348 married males, 347 married females, 345 families, 50 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,577 single persons under 18, 830 single males under 18, 747 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 305 inhabited houses, 305 occupied houses, 21 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 79,050 bushels of potatoes, 6,825 bushels of oats, 3,925 bushels of turnips, 2,901 bushels of barley, 1,803 bushels of spring wheat, 1,007 tons of hay, 951 acres of hay crops, 733 acres of potatoes, 334 bushels of buckwheat, 228 acres of wheat, 133 bushels of corn, 40 bushels of peas and beans, 30 bushels of other root crops, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,105 quintals of cod, 6,510 fathoms of fishing nets, 5,431 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,952 gallons of fish oil, 218 men on fishing boats, 213 barrels of mackerel, 123 fishing boats, 59 shoremen, 49 men on fishing vessels, 21 barrels of other fish, 18 fishing vessels, 12 barrels of halibut, 8 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 370,200 pounds of lobster canned, 60 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,322 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB036007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB025009_1871_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365922
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shippegan_Parish
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Shippagan
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/.