Belleisle, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Belleisle was a census subdivision in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,090. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4883781. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.830°N, 65.419°W.
Population
In 1881, Belleisle had a population of 1,090: 554 male and 536 female residents.
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, Belleisle shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 217 |
| Number of families | 217 |
| Number of females | 536 |
| Number of males | 554 |
| Number of married females | 183 |
| Number of married males | 183 |
| Number of married persons | 366 |
| Number of widowed females | 32 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| POP TOT | 1,090 |
| Total population | 1,090 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 321 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 361 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 682 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 9 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 208 |
| Number of occupied houses | 208 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,444 |
| Acres of potatoes | 212 |
| Acres of wheat | 85 |
| BAR BU | 855 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 855 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 695 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,311 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,783 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,832 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 333 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 23,623 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 159 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,172 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,692 |
| BWT BU | 695 |
| CRN BU | 1,311 |
| HAY AC | 2,444 |
| HAY TONS | 3,831 |
| OAT BU | 2,783 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 333 |
| POT AC | 212 |
| POT BU | 23,623 |
| RYE BU | 159 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,831 |
| WHT AC | 85 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,172 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,865 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,980 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 176 |
| Number of fishing boats | 46 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 46 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 74 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 153 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,865 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 46 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 46 |
| C UNMD F | 321 |
| C UNMD M | 361 |
| C UNMD TOT | 682 |
| CD NAME | Annapolis |
| COD DX K | 74 |
| D OCC | 208 |
| FEMALE | 536 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 176 |
| GRA BU | 12 |
| H CON | 9 |
| H INHAB | 208 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| HAD DX K | 153 |
| MALE | 554 |
| MCK XB Q | 2 |
| MD F | 183 |
| MD M | 183 |
| MD TOT | 366 |
| NET XX F | 2,980 |
| NUMBER CD | 16 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,832 |
| TUR BU | 5,692 |
| WID F | 32 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS016005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS004002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: Q4883781
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). "Belleisle, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/belleisle-ns016005-1881/.