Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Victoria
Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Bay St. Lawrence was a census subdivision in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 515. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.031°N, 60.417°W.
Population
In 1881, Bay St. Lawrence had a population of 515: 276 male and 239 female residents. Population density was 26.7 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, Bay St. Lawrence shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 80 |
| Number of families | 80 |
| Number of females | 239 |
| Number of males | 276 |
| Number of married females | 59 |
| Number of married males | 61 |
| Number of married persons | 120 |
| Number of widowed females | 14 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 20 |
| POP TOT | 515 |
| Total population | 515 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 166 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 209 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 375 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 75 |
| Number of occupied houses | 80 |
Agriculture (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 564 |
| Acres of potatoes | 83 |
| Acres of wheat | 63 |
| BAR BU | 84 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 84 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,849 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,263 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 598 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 84 |
| HAY AC | 564 |
| HAY TONS | 602 |
| OAT BU | 1,849 |
| POT AC | 83 |
| POT BU | 7,263 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 602 |
| WHT AC | 63 |
| WHT SP BU | 598 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 199 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 240 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 16 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,541 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 582 |
| Number of fishing boats | 62 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 107 |
| Number of shoremen | 10 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,919 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 154 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 57 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 199 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 107 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 62 |
| C UNMD F | 166 |
| C UNMD M | 209 |
| C UNMD TOT | 375 |
| CD NAME | Victoria |
| COD DX K | 2,919 |
| D OCC | 80 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 154 |
| FEMALE | 239 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 582 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| H INHAB | 75 |
| HAD DX K | 57 |
| HAL XB Q | 3 |
| MALE | 276 |
| MCK XB Q | 240 |
| MD F | 59 |
| MD M | 61 |
| MD TOT | 120 |
| NET XX F | 2,541 |
| NUMBER CD | 5 |
| SHAN | 5 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 10 |
| SLM XB Q | 16 |
| TUR BU | 84 |
| WID F | 14 |
| WID M | 6 |
| WID TOT | 20 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS005014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020003 — 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). "Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bay-st-lawrence-ns005014-1881/.