Berwick, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Berwick was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,698. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2291491. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.031°N, 64.663°W.
Population
In 1881, Berwick had a population of 1,698: 855 male and 843 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,115 |
| 1881 | 1,698 |
| 1891 | 1,738 |
| 1901 | 1,006 |
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, Berwick shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,698 total population, 855 males, 843 females, 560 married persons, 312 families, 281 married females, 279 married males, 53 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,085 single persons under 18, 562 single males under 18, 523 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 296 inhabited houses, 296 occupied houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 72,038 bushels of potatoes, 7,668 bushels of turnips, 6,352 bushels of oats, 2,526 bushels of buckwheat, 2,487 bushels of spring wheat, 2,478 tons of hay, 2,357 bushels of other root crops, 2,005 acres of hay crops, 1,900 bushels of rye, 604 acres of potatoes, 508 bushels of peas and beans, 331 bushels of corn, 220 acres of wheat, 219 bushels of winter wheat, 204 bushels of barley, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 16 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 3 barrels of herring or alewives, 2 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 barrels of halibut, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of trout, 1 fishing boats, 1 men on fishing boats, 1 quintals of cod. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 3 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,698 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:
NS017013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036002_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2291491
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). "Berwick, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/berwick-ns017013-1881/.