West Isles, New Brunswick (1881 census)
West Isles was a census subdivision in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,661. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7985568. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.982°N, 66.975°W.
Population
In 1881, West Isles had a population of 1,661: 860 male and 801 female residents.
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 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 332 |
| Number of families | 332 |
| Number of females | 801 |
| Number of males | 860 |
| Number of married females | 307 |
| Number of married males | 307 |
| Number of married persons | 614 |
| Number of widowed females | 44 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 65 |
| POP TOT | 1,661 |
| Total population | 1,661 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 450 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 532 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 982 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 286 |
| Number of occupied houses | 286 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,087 |
| Acres of potatoes | 84 |
| Acres of wheat | 9 |
| BAR BU | 10 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 117 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 290 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 189 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 74 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 10,642 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 105 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,842 |
| BWT BU | 117 |
| HAY AC | 1,087 |
| HAY TONS | 880 |
| OAT BU | 290 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 74 |
| POT AC | 84 |
| POT BU | 10,642 |
| RYE BU | 2 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 880 |
| WHT AC | 9 |
| WHT SP BU | 105 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 86,411 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 269 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 3,092 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 15,000 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 21,919 |
| Number of fishing boats | 281 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 17 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 286 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 62 |
| Number of shoremen | 19 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 100 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 5,431 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 108 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 12,445 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 86,411 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 286 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 281 |
| C UNMD F | 450 |
| C UNMD M | 532 |
| C UNMD TOT | 982 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| COD DX K | 5,431 |
| D OCC | 286 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 108 |
| FEMALE | 801 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 21,919 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 286 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 12,445 |
| LOB XC P | 100 |
| MALE | 860 |
| MCK XB Q | 269 |
| MD F | 307 |
| MD M | 307 |
| MD TOT | 614 |
| NET XX F | 15,000 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 189 |
| SAR XB Q | 3,092 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 19 |
| TUR BU | 1,842 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 62 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 17 |
| WID F | 44 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 65 |
Identifiers
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). "West Isles, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/west-isles-nb026016-1881/.