1901/1871 Census
Population Characteristics for Red Islands, Richmond Co, NS, 1901 and 1871. Taken from Highland Community on the Bras d'Or, by Peter MacKenzie Campbell
1901
| Houses | 152 | |||
| Families | 153 | |||
| Population | Male | Female | Total | |
| Single | 276 | 256 | 532 | |
| Married | 112 | 116 | 228 | |
| Widowed | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic | 787 | ||
| Presbyterian | 27 | |||
| Origin | Irish | 1 | ||
| Scottish | 681 | |||
| French | 1 | |||
| Native Indian | 131 |
1871
| Dwellings | Temporary Shanties | 14 | ||
| Houses Inhabited | 105 | |||
| Houses Uninhabited | 1 | |||
| Houses being built | 3 | |||
| Total | 119 | |||
| Families | 119 | |||
| Population | Male | Female | Total | |
| 375 | 401 | 776 | ||
| Married | 97 | 99 | 196 | |
| Widowed | 11 | 18 | 29 | |
| Single/Children | 267 | 284 | 551 | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic | 738 | ||
| Presbyterian | 35 | |||
| Origin | English | 12 | ||
| Irish | 1 | |||
| Scottish | 681 | |||
| Native Indian | 66 | |||
| Birthplace | Prince Edward Island & Nfld | 4 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 681 | |||
| New Brunswick | 1 | |||
| Ireland | 1 | |||
| Scotland | 88 | |||
| United States | 1 |