Bridgetown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Bridgetown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,448. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q913891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.878°N, 65.314°W.
Population
In 1881, Bridgetown had a population of 1,448: 723 male and 725 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,334 |
| 1881 | 1,448 |
| 1891 | 1,117 |
| 1901 | 858 |
| 1911 | 996 |
| 1921 | 1,086 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Bridgetown, 1891 (2.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Bridgetown shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,448 total population, 725 females, 723 males, 492 married persons, 304 families, 247 married females, 245 married males, 70 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 886 single persons under 18, 463 single males under 18, 423 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 283 occupied houses, 282 inhabited houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 31,109 bushels of potatoes, 5,858 bushels of turnips, 4,511 bushels of other root crops, 3,659 bushels of oats, 3,309 tons of hay, 2,654 acres of hay crops, 1,729 bushels of spring wheat, 1,003 bushels of buckwheat, 964 bushels of barley, 718 bushels of corn, 436 bushels of peas and beans, 238 acres of potatoes, 127 acres of wheat, 94 bushels of rye, 59 bushels of winter wheat, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,102 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,969 barrels of herring or alewives, 101 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 98 quintals of cod, 93 gallons of fish oil, 47 men on fishing boats, 39 fishing boats, 11 barrels of mackerel, 3 fishing vessels, 2 barrels of gaspareaux, 2 barrels of other fish, 1 men on fishing vessels, 1 shoremen, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 9 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Angus Morrison Gidney | 1803–1882 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,447 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:
NS016004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS004030— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q913891
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgetown,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgetown_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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). "Bridgetown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bridgetown-ns016004-1881/.