Big Pond, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Big Pond was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 702. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4906139. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.860°N, 60.573°W.
Population
In 1881, Big Pond had a population of 702: 327 male and 375 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 743 |
| 1881 | 702 |
| 1891 | 476 |
| 1901 | 419 |
| 1911 | 371 |
| 1921 | 238 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Big Pond, 1871 (52.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Big Pond shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 702 total population, 375 females, 327 males, 165 married persons, 124 families, 83 married males, 82 married females, 36 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 501 single persons under 18, 268 single females under 18, 233 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 122 occupied houses, 121 inhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,939 bushels of potatoes, 4,687 bushels of oats, 946 bushels of barley, 879 tons of hay, 872 acres of hay crops, 490 bushels of spring wheat, 405 bushels of turnips, 201 acres of potatoes, 54 acres of wheat, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 bushels of corn, 3 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 459 fathoms of fishing nets, 166 quintals of cod, 54 gallons of fish oil, 34 men on fishing boats, 32 barrels of herring or alewives, 21 fishing boats, 17 barrels of eels, 2 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 39 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 701 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:
NS006008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4906139
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pond,_Nova_Scotia
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). "Big Pond, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/big-pond-ns006008-1881/.