Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Richmond
Arichat, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Arichat was a census subdivision in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 910. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.537°N, 61.018°W.
Population
In 1881, Arichat had a population of 910: 435 male and 475 female residents. Population density was 77.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 169 |
| Number of families | 169 |
| Number of females | 475 |
| Number of males | 435 |
| Number of married females | 133 |
| Number of married males | 130 |
| Number of married persons | 263 |
| Number of widowed females | 44 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 58 |
| POP TOT | 910 |
| Total population | 910 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 298 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 291 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 589 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 162 |
| Number of occupied houses | 162 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 345 |
| Acres of potatoes | 50 |
| Acres of wheat | 3 |
| BAR BU | 24 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 24 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 585 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 438 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 43 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,009 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 33 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,099 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 4 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 345 |
| HAY TONS | 645 |
| OAT BU | 585 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 43 |
| POT AC | 50 |
| POT BU | 4,009 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 645 |
| WHT AC | 3 |
| WHT SP BU | 33 |
| WHT WTR BU | 4 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 50 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 563 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 271 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,723 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 212 |
| Number of fishing boats | 82 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 90 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 16 |
| Number of shoremen | 3 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 64,500 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 303 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 239 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 563 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 90 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 82 |
| C UNMD F | 298 |
| C UNMD M | 291 |
| C UNMD TOT | 589 |
| CD NAME | Richmond |
| COD DX K | 303 |
| D OCC | 162 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 475 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 212 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| GSP XB Q | 50 |
| H INHAB | 162 |
| H UNINH | 13 |
| HAD DX K | 239 |
| LOB XC P | 64,500 |
| MALE | 435 |
| MCK XB Q | 271 |
| MD F | 133 |
| MD M | 130 |
| MD TOT | 263 |
| NET XX F | 4,723 |
| NUMBER CD | 7 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 438 |
| OYS XB Q | 4 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 1,099 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 16 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 4 |
| WID F | 44 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 58 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018001 — 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). "Arichat, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/arichat-ns007001-1881/.