Smith Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Smith Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 655. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.967°N, 62.222°W.
Population
In 1881, Smith Cove had a population of 655: 338 male and 317 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 503 |
| 1881 | 655 |
| 1891 | 761 |
| 1901 | 928 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 836 |
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, Smith Cove shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 655 total population, 338 males, 317 females, 194 married persons, 110 families, 97 married females, 97 married males, 26 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 435 single persons under 18, 233 single males under 18, 202 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 110 inhabited houses, 110 occupied houses, 8 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,813 bushels of potatoes, 973 bushels of turnips, 353 tons of hay, 254 acres of hay crops, 186 bushels of oats, 67 acres of potatoes, 67 bushels of other root crops, 37 bushels of barley, 35 bushels of peas and beans, 31 bushels of rye, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 11 bushels of spring wheat, 1 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,269 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,407 quintals of cod, 462 gallons of fish oil, 220 barrels of mackerel, 199 barrels of herring or alewives, 81 men on fishing boats, 43 fishing boats, 22 barrels of gaspareaux, 8 barrels of eels, 5 barrels of salmon, 3 barrels of trout, 1 shoremen, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 89,500 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 655 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:
NS010026— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011037— 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). "Smith Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/smith-cove-ns010026-1881/.