Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Bay St. Lawrence was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 515. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4874104. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 419 |
| 1881 | 515 |
| 1891 | 618 |
| 1901 | 479 |
| 1911 | 421 |
| 1921 | 373 |
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 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 515 total population, 276 males, 239 females, 120 married persons, 80 families, 61 married males, 59 married females, 20 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 375 single persons under 18, 209 single males under 18, 166 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 80 occupied houses, 75 inhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,263 bushels of potatoes, 1,849 bushels of oats, 602 tons of hay, 598 bushels of spring wheat, 564 acres of hay crops, 84 bushels of barley, 84 bushels of turnips, 83 acres of potatoes, 63 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,919 quintals of cod, 2,541 fathoms of fishing nets, 582 gallons of fish oil, 240 barrels of mackerel, 199 barrels of herring or alewives, 154 quintals of fascines fish, 107 men on fishing boats, 62 fishing boats, 57 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 16 barrels of salmon, 10 shoremen, 3 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 515 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:
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: Q4874104
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_St._Lawrence,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_St_Lawrence
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/.