Arichat W-O, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Arichat W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,586. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2861230. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.537°N, 61.111°W.
Population
In 1881, Arichat W-O had a population of 1,586: 756 male and 830 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,661 |
| 1881 | 1,586 |
| 1891 | 1,189 |
| 1901 | 1,045 |
| 1911 | 1,004 |
| 1921 | 1,061 |
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, Arichat W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,586 total population, 830 females, 756 males, 486 married persons, 286 families, 243 married females, 243 married males, 88 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,012 single persons under 18, 516 single females under 18, 496 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 248 occupied houses, 247 inhabited houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,576 bushels of potatoes, 580 tons of hay, 314 acres of hay crops, 288 bushels of other root crops, 112 bushels of turnips, 99 bushels of oats, 78 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of barley, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,322 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,206 barrels of herring or alewives, 834 quintals of cod, 672 barrels of mackerel, 645 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 434 men on fishing boats, 416 gallons of fish oil, 274 barrels of gaspareaux, 195 fishing boats, 9 barrels of eels, 4 shoremen, 2 barrels of other fish, 2 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 57,250 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Dougald Robert Boyle | 1847–1914 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,586 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018003_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2861230
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Arichat,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arichat-Ouest
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). "Arichat W-O, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/arichat-w-o-ns007011-1881/.