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Totals for the 1836 Newfoundland Census

Source: Newfoundland in 1842 (Vol 2) by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, KNT

Districts	Dwellings	Family						Number of servants		Total population	Fishing boats
		Males			Females						Under 15 quintels	15 to 30 Quintels	Upwards of 30 quintels
		Under 14 years	14 to 60 years	Upwards of 60	Under 14 years	14 to 60 years	Upwards of 60	Males	Females
St. John's	2781	3718	4984	166	3611	4123	201	1371	752	18926	700	43	13
Conception Bay	3521	4971	5289	202	4452	4842	261	2380	818	23215	1157	46	109
Trinity Bay	959	1546	1565	108	1372	1320	110	532	250	6303	798	168	11
Bonavista Bay	801	1182	1149	98	1059	1010	71	469	145	5183	181	197	51
Fogo and Twillingate	703	1124	1059	87	1101	872	59	468	116	4886	737	36	6
Ferryland	679	882	1223	77	758	878	43	1897	92	5860	370	139	77
Placentia and St. Mary's	712	1024	853	68	989	925	49	699	94	4701	297	128	90
Burin	461	636	664	35	644	605	32	437	84	3140	169	55	138
Fortune Bay	454	680	600	69	623	604	28	508	17	3129	632	21	19
Total	11071	15766	17386	910	14609	15197	864	8761	2368	75843	5141	833	514

 

 

 

 

Districts	Number of acres under cultivation	Bushels oif potatoes yearly	Bushels of oats and other grains	Tons of hay	Number of horses	Neat cattle	Hogs	Sheep	Schools	Male pupils	Female pupils	Protestant Episcopalians	Prostestant dissenters	Roman Catholics
St. John's	4,290	148,425	5,602	3,808	528	1,307	175	579	37	1,041	1,379	3,813	1,057	14,056
Conception Bay	2,873	746,869	4,184	940	638	1,034	1,632	1,187	22	621	492	6,819	6,333	10,063
Trinity Bay	309	48,317	4	167 3/4	51	692	205	74	2	158	127	4,098	1,639	1,066
Bonavista Bay	356	62,287	56	184	57	377	693	60	6	128	136	3,473	461	1,249
Fogo and Twillingate		20,310				304	106	23	1	48	36	4,022	45	819
Ferryland	1,044	55,983	101	487 1/4	112	402	103	172	6	133	105	313		4,798
Placentia and St. Mary's	1,356	67,585	363	866 1/2	108	1,225	310	584	4	90	90	710	6	3,985
Burin	623	30,357		338	54	628	22	168	1	8	12	671	1,095	1,374
Fortune Bay	212	8,304		184	3	167	15	148				2,812		308
Total		1,188,437				6,136	3,261	2,995	79	2,227	2,377	26,740	10,636	37,718

 

Contributed and Transcribed by Don Tate (2009)

Page Last Modified: April 09, 2016

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