Hillside, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Hillside was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,030. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.024°N, 60.151°W.
Population
In 1881, Hillside had a population of 1,030: 506 male and 524 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 944 |
| 1881 | 1,030 |
| 1891 | 1,038 |
| 1901 | 954 |
| 1911 | 3,136 |
| 1921 | 809 |
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, Hillside shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,030 total population, 524 females, 506 males, 296 married persons, 187 families, 148 married females, 148 married males, 51 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 683 single persons under 18, 342 single males under 18, 341 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 167 occupied houses, 166 inhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 21,827 bushels of potatoes, 6,383 bushels of oats, 1,205 tons of hay, 817 bushels of turnips, 650 acres of hay crops, 235 acres of potatoes, 156 bushels of spring wheat, 132 bushels of buckwheat, 39 bushels of barley, 13 bushels of other root crops, 7 bushels of peas and beans, 5 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 820 fathoms of fishing nets, 737 quintals of cod, 197 gallons of fish oil, 152 barrels of herring or alewives, 33 men on fishing boats, 30 barrels of mackerel, 30 fishing boats, 21 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 13 barrels of salmon, 11 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 barrels of halibut, 3 men on fishing vessels, 1 barrels of eels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 23 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,030 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:
NS006018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006020— 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). "Hillside, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/hillside-ns006018-1881/.