| 1857 | 1869 | 1874* | |
| Number of… | |||
| Inhabitants | 273 | 540 | 522 |
| Males | 144 | 280 | 255 |
| Females | 129 | 260 | 267 |
| Males under 10 years | 48 | 95 | 87 |
| Females under 10 years | 58 | 100 | 97 |
| Males 10 – 20 years | 35 | 62 | 56 |
| Females 10 – 20 years | 28 | 57 | 55 |
| Males 20 – 30 years | 15 | 37 | 38 |
| Females 20 – 30 years | 16 | 26 | 47 |
| Males 30 – 40 years | 16 | 40 | 30 |
| Females 30 – 40 years | 17 | 38 | 25 |
| Males 40 – 50 years | 19 | 27 | 17 |
| Females 40 – 50 years | 7 | 24 | 21 |
| Males 50 – 70 years | 9 | 17 | 23 |
| Females 50 – 70 years | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| Males 70 upwards | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Females 70 upwards | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Married persons, male | 39 | 89 | 91 |
| Married persons, female | 38 | 89 | 92 |
| Births, preceding year | 6 | 26 | |
| Deaths, preceding year | 1 | 5 | |
| Marriages, preceding year | 1 | ||
| Born in Newfoundland | 260 | 531 | 521 |
| Born in England | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Born in Ireland | 5 | 2 | |
| Families | 41 | 84 | 50 |
| Religion… | |||
| Church of England | 109 | 145 | 213 |
| Reformed Church of England | |||
| Church of Rome | 2 | 28 | 20 |
| Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church | 162 | 367 | 289 |
| Employment… | |||
| Clergymen or ministers | |||
| Teachers | |||
| Engaged in office or shop-work | |||
| Engaged solely in government services | |||
| Fishermen and others who cultivate land | |||
| Engaged in catching or curing of fish | 48 | 185 | 219 |
| Males engaged in catching or curing fish | |||
| Females engaged in curing | |||
| Able-bodied seamen and fishermen in colony | 64 | 69 | 73 |
| Engaged in lumbering | |||
| Persons employed with saw mills | |||
| Education… | |||
| Who can read and write | 194 | ||
| Children who can read and write | 98 | ||
| Children attending school | 3 | ||
| Children not attending school | 201 | ||
| Buildings… | |||
| Church of England building | 1 | ||
| Church of Rome building | |||
| Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building | 1 | 1 | |
| Churches of other denominations | |||
| School houses | |||
| Inhabited Houses | 42 | 84 | 47 |
| Houses being built or built in last 12 months | |||
| Houses now building | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Houses built past 12 months | |||
| Uninhabited houses | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Stores, barns and outhouses | 25 | 63 | 19 |
| Fishing rooms in use | 17 | 54 | 15 |
| Saw Mills | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| Men employed at saw mills | 22 | ||
| Slate Quarry | 1 | ||
| Men employed at slate quarry | 2 | ||
| Fisheries… | |||
| Vessels directly engaged in fisheries | |||
| Vessels – 20 to 60 tons | |||
| Vessels – 60 tons upwards | |||
| Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery | |||
| Men taken down to Labrador | |||
| Women taken down to Labrador | |||
| Children taken down to Labrador | |||
| Large boats – 4 -15 qtls | 5 | 43 | 97 |
| Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls | 2 | 2 | |
| Boats from 4 – 30 qtls | |||
| Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| Dories | |||
| Motor boats | |||
| Schooners | |||
| Vessels built | |||
| Tonnage of vessels built | |||
| Boats built | |||
| Agriculture… | |||
| Tons of hay cut | 12 ¾ | 48 | 35 |
| Barrels of potatoes raised | 420 | 2205 | 3198 |
| Barrels of turnip raised | 18 | 15 | |
| Barrels of other root crops | 17 | 20 | |
| Cabbage, heads | |||
| Oxen | 75 | ||
| Head of cattle | 41 | 40 | |
| Milch cows | 13 | 22 | 19 |
| Other horned cattle | |||
| Horses | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Sheep | 2 | 87 | 82 |
| Swine | 79 | 276 | |
| Fowl | |||
| Goats | 13 | ||
| Swine and goats | 19 | ||
| Acres of cultivated land | 28 | 76 | 61 ½ |
| Acres occupied | |||
| Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs | 555 | 830 | 765 |
| Wool – lbs | |||
| Eggs, doz. | |||
Notes:
In the 1857 census the following communities were recorded separately – Ganny Cove Arm, Gooseberry Cove, Heart’s Ease, and Fox Harbour.
In the 1869 census the following communities were recorded separately – Little Harbour, St. Jones, Heart’s Ease, and Fox Harbour.
In the 1874 census the following communities were recorded separately – Butter Cove, St. Jones, George’s Cove, Gooseberry Cove, Heart’s Ease.
Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014
These transcriptions may contain human errors. As always, confirm these as you would any other source material.