Margarie, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Margarie was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.387°N, 61.116°W.
Population
In 1881, Margarie had a population of 1,757: 857 male and 900 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,442 |
| 1881 | 1,757 |
| 1891 | 1,743 |
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, Margarie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,757 total population, 900 females, 857 males, 499 married persons, 271 families, 250 married females, 249 married males, 61 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,197 single persons under 18, 600 single females under 18, 597 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 270 inhabited houses, 270 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 33,630 bushels of potatoes, 10,003 bushels of oats, 2,694 tons of hay, 2,357 acres of hay crops, 1,894 bushels of other root crops, 1,392 bushels of turnips, 1,313 bushels of spring wheat, 1,113 bushels of barley, 279 acres of potatoes, 97 bushels of buckwheat, 75 acres of wheat, 20 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 bushels of peas and beans, 14 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,897 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,987 quintals of cod, 937 gallons of fish oil, 665 barrels of mackerel, 481 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 303 barrels of herring or alewives, 176 men on fishing boats, 73 barrels of salmon, 63 fishing boats, 22 barrels of gaspareaux, 16 quintals of fascines fish, 11 shoremen, 9 men on fishing vessels, 2 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of halibut, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,757 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:
NS004012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036009— 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). "Margarie, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/margarie-ns004012-1881/.