Upper Prospect, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Upper Prospect was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,133. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.522°N, 63.785°W.
Population
In 1881, Upper Prospect had a population of 1,133: 617 male and 516 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 856 |
| 1881 | 1,133 |
| 1891 | 662 |
| 1901 | 455 |
| 1911 | 428 |
| 1921 | 342 |
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, Upper Prospect shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,133 total population, 617 males, 516 females, 349 married persons, 206 families, 176 married males, 173 married females, 33 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 751 single persons under 18, 431 single males under 18, 320 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 176 inhabited houses, 176 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,072 bushels of potatoes, 537 bushels of other root crops, 180 tons of hay, 156 bushels of oats, 134 acres of hay crops, 44 acres of potatoes, 42 bushels of turnips, 20 bushels of barley, 12 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 52,516 fathoms of fishing nets, 11,937 barrels of mackerel, 4,366 quintals of cod, 3,963 barrels of herring or alewives, 3,330 gallons of fish oil, 1,963 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 393 fishing boats, 373 men on fishing boats, 136 barrels of gaspareaux, 55 men on fishing vessels, 36 barrels of salmon, 11 fishing vessels, 2 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 48,880 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 1,133 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:
NS010006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011041— 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). "Upper Prospect, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/upper-prospect-ns010006-1881/.