Birchtown, Gunning Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Birchtown, Gunning Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 525. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875655. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.726°N, 65.410°W.
Population
In 1881, Birchtown, Gunning Cove had a population of 525: 258 male and 267 female residents.
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 Carleton, Village, 1871 (40.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Birchtown, Gunning Cove 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 525 total population, 267 females, 258 males, 174 married persons, 102 families, 88 married females, 86 married males, 26 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 325 single persons under 18, 166 single males under 18, 159 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 99 inhabited houses, 99 occupied houses, 2 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,395 bushels of potatoes, 380 bushels of turnips, 201 tons of hay, 188 bushels of oats, 142 acres of hay crops, 115 bushels of other root crops, 48 bushels of barley, 42 bushels of peas and beans, 36 acres of potatoes, 24 bushels of spring wheat, 2 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,772 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,368 quintals of cod, 447 gallons of fish oil, 399 barrels of herring or alewives, 131 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 47 barrels of mackerel, 40 men on fishing boats, 34 barrels of gaspareaux, 22 fishing boats, 20 men on fishing vessels, 7 barrels of other fish, 3 shoremen, 2 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 525 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:
NS013002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q14875655
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). "Birchtown, Gunning Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/birchtown-gunning-cove-ns013002-1881/.