West Isles, New Brunswick (1871 census)

West Isles was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,556. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7985568. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.982°N, 66.975°W.

Population

In 1871, West Isles had a population of 1,556: 815 male and 741 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.1% share).

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,556 total population, 815 males, 741 females, 569 married persons, 299 families, 285 married females, 284 married males, 64 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 923 single persons under 18, 504 single males under 18, 419 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 293 inhabited houses, 293 occupied houses, 10 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 5,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB175011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7985568
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Isles_Parish,_New_Brunswick

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/west-isles-nb175011-1871/.