Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Richmond
Arichat W-O, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Arichat W-O was a census subdivision in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,586. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.537°N, 61.111°W.
Population
In 1881, Arichat W-O had a population of 1,586: 756 male and 830 female residents. Population density was 81.0 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 W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 286 |
| Number of families | 286 |
| Number of females | 830 |
| Number of males | 756 |
| Number of married females | 243 |
| Number of married males | 243 |
| Number of married persons | 486 |
| Number of widowed females | 71 |
| Number of widowed males | 17 |
| Number of widowed persons | 88 |
| POP TOT | 1,586 |
| Total population | 1,586 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 516 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 496 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,012 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 247 |
| Number of occupied houses | 248 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 29 |
Agriculture (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 314 |
| Acres of potatoes | 78 |
| BAR BU | 1 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 99 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 288 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,576 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 112 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 314 |
| HAY TONS | 580 |
| OAT BU | 99 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 22 |
| POT AC | 78 |
| POT BU | 4,576 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 580 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 274 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,206 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 672 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 10,322 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 416 |
| Number of fishing boats | 195 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 434 |
| Number of shoremen | 4 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 57,250 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 834 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 645 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,206 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 434 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 195 |
| C UNMD F | 516 |
| C UNMD M | 496 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,012 |
| CD NAME | Richmond |
| COD DX K | 834 |
| D OCC | 248 |
| EEL XB Q | 9 |
| FEMALE | 830 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 416 |
| GSP XB Q | 274 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 247 |
| H UNINH | 29 |
| HAD DX K | 645 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| LOB XC P | 57,250 |
| MALE | 756 |
| MCK XB Q | 672 |
| MD F | 243 |
| MD M | 243 |
| MD TOT | 486 |
| NET XX F | 10,322 |
| NUMBER CD | 7 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 288 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 4 |
| SLM XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 112 |
| WID F | 71 |
| WID M | 17 |
| WID TOT | 88 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018003_1871 — 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 W-O, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/arichat-w-o-ns007011-1881/.