Ball’s Creek, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Ball’s Creek was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,529. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.127°N, 60.344°W.
Population
In 1881, Ball’s Creek had a population of 2,529: 1,277 male and 1,252 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,529 |
| 1891 | 1,207 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ball’s Creek, 1891 (74.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Leitche’s Creek, 1891 (25.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ball’s Creek shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,529 total population, 1,277 males, 1,252 females, 662 married persons, 427 families, 333 married females, 329 married males, 102 widowed persons, 83 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,765 single persons under 18, 929 single males under 18, 836 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 414 occupied houses, 408 inhabited houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,081 bushels of potatoes, 17,086 bushels of oats, 3,741 tons of hay, 3,660 bushels of spring wheat, 3,301 bushels of turnips, 2,747 acres of hay crops, 1,286 bushels of barley, 804 bushels of other root crops, 507 acres of potatoes, 307 acres of wheat, 64 bushels of peas and beans, 38 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 bushels of buckwheat, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,110 fathoms of fishing nets, 656 barrels of herring or alewives, 213 quintals of cod, 158 gallons of fish oil, 93 men on fishing boats, 88 fishing boats, 45 barrels of mackerel, 36 barrels of eels, 21 shoremen, 18 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 5 barrels of trout, 4 barrels of other fish, 4 men on fishing vessels, 3 barrels of gaspareaux, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 25 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,529 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:
NS006005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS028001— 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). "Ball’s Creek, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ball-s-creek-ns006005-1881/.