Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Westmoreland
Westmorland, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Westmorland was a census subdivision in Westmoreland County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,231. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.989°N, 64.187°W.
Population
In 1881, Westmorland had a population of 2,231: 1,117 male and 1,114 female residents. Population density was 24.9 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Westmorland shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 417 |
| Number of families | 417 |
| Number of females | 1,114 |
| Number of males | 1,117 |
| Number of married females | 356 |
| Number of married males | 358 |
| Number of married persons | 714 |
| Number of widowed females | 73 |
| Number of widowed males | 33 |
| Number of widowed persons | 106 |
| POP TOT | 2,231 |
| Total population | 2,231 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 685 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 726 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,411 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 403 |
| Number of occupied houses | 404 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 27 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 6,498 |
| Acres of potatoes | 315 |
| Acres of wheat | 352 |
| BAR BU | 2,497 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,497 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 9,530 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 101 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 21,601 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 6,045 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 229 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 55,347 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,303 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 13,088 |
| BWT BU | 9,530 |
| CRN BU | 8 |
| HAY AC | 6,498 |
| HAY TONS | 9,860 |
| OAT BU | 21,601 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 229 |
| POT AC | 315 |
| POT BU | 55,347 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 9,860 |
| WHT AC | 352 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,303 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 22 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 598 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 47 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 56 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 682 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 115 |
| Number of fishing boats | 14 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 16 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 7 |
| Number of shoremen | 1 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 130 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 110 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 598 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 16 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 14 |
| C UNMD F | 685 |
| C UNMD M | 726 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,411 |
| CD NAME | Westmoreland |
| COD DX K | 130 |
| D OCC | 404 |
| FEMALE | 1,114 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 115 |
| GRA BU | 101 |
| GSP XB Q | 22 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 403 |
| H UNINH | 27 |
| HAD DX K | 110 |
| MALE | 1,117 |
| MCK XB Q | 47 |
| MD F | 356 |
| MD M | 358 |
| MD TOT | 714 |
| NET XX F | 682 |
| NUMBER CD | 33 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 56 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 6,045 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 13,088 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 7 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 73 |
| WID M | 33 |
| WID TOT | 106 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB033003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB035007 — 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). "Westmorland, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/westmorland-nb033003-1881/.