Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Aylesford N, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Aylesford N was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,594. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.066°N, 64.894°W.
Population
In 1881, Aylesford N had a population of 1,594: 835 male and 759 female residents. Population density was 26.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,530 |
| 1881 | 1,594 |
| 1891 | 1,637 |
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, Aylesford N 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 | 302 |
| Number of families | 302 |
| Number of females | 759 |
| Number of males | 835 |
| Number of married females | 265 |
| Number of married males | 265 |
| Number of married persons | 530 |
| Number of widowed females | 42 |
| Number of widowed males | 24 |
| Number of widowed persons | 66 |
| POP TOT | 1,594 |
| Total population | 1,594 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 452 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 546 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 998 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 296 |
| Number of occupied houses | 296 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 19 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 5,270 |
| Acres of potatoes | 493 |
| Acres of wheat | 226 |
| BAR BU | 1,854 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,854 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,788 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 64 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 581 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,215 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,001 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 472 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 68,436 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,142 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,748 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 18,948 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 93 |
| BWT BU | 2,788 |
| CRN BU | 581 |
| HAY AC | 5,270 |
| HAY TONS | 5,249 |
| OAT BU | 14,215 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 472 |
| POT AC | 493 |
| POT BU | 68,436 |
| RYE BU | 1,142 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 5,249 |
| WHT AC | 226 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,748 |
| WHT WTR BU | 93 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 163 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 149 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 332 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 45 |
| Number of fishing boats | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 12 |
| Number of shoremen | 15 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 119 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 3 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 27 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 163 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 12 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 8 |
| C UNMD F | 452 |
| C UNMD M | 546 |
| C UNMD TOT | 998 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| COD DX K | 119 |
| D OCC | 296 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 3 |
| FEMALE | 759 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 45 |
| GRA BU | 64 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 296 |
| H UNINH | 19 |
| HAD DX K | 27 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 835 |
| MCK XB Q | 149 |
| MD F | 265 |
| MD M | 265 |
| MD TOT | 530 |
| NET XX F | 332 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,001 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 15 |
| SLM XB Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 18,948 |
| WID F | 42 |
| WID M | 24 |
| WID TOT | 66 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037012 — 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). "Aylesford N, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/aylesford-n-ns017012-1881/.