Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Lunenburg
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Bridgewater was a census subdivision in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,487. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.387°N, 64.726°W.
Population
In 1881, Bridgewater had a population of 3,487: 1,769 male and 1,718 female residents. Population density was 21.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 2,912 |
| 1881 | 3,487 |
| 1891 | 3,936 |
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, Bridgewater shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 619 |
| Number of families | 619 |
| Number of females | 1,718 |
| Number of males | 1,769 |
| Number of married females | 587 |
| Number of married males | 578 |
| Number of married persons | 1,165 |
| Number of widowed females | 68 |
| Number of widowed males | 28 |
| Number of widowed persons | 96 |
| POP TOT | 3,487 |
| Total population | 3,487 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,063 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,163 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,226 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 555 |
| Number of occupied houses | 558 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 5,750 |
| Acres of potatoes | 348 |
| Acres of wheat | 50 |
| BAR BU | 5,511 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5,511 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 788 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 35 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 73 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,983 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,291 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 583 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 41,493 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 5,517 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 786 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 7,980 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 4 |
| BWT BU | 788 |
| CRN BU | 73 |
| HAY AC | 5,750 |
| HAY TONS | 3,592 |
| OAT BU | 3,983 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 583 |
| POT AC | 348 |
| POT BU | 41,493 |
| RYE BU | 5,517 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,592 |
| WHT AC | 50 |
| WHT SP BU | 786 |
| WHT WTR BU | 4 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 43 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 11 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 54 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 908 |
| Number of fishing boats | 9 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 3 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 29 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,555 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 11 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 3 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 9 |
| C UNMD F | 1,063 |
| C UNMD M | 1,163 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,226 |
| CD NAME | Lunenburg |
| COD DX K | 1,555 |
| D OCC | 558 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 1,718 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 908 |
| GRA BU | 35 |
| GSP XB Q | 43 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 555 |
| H UNINH | 14 |
| HAD DX K | 5 |
| MALE | 1,769 |
| MCK XB Q | 3 |
| MD F | 587 |
| MD M | 578 |
| MD TOT | 1,165 |
| NET XX F | 54 |
| NUMBER CD | 11 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 5 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,291 |
| SHAN | 3 |
| SLM XB Q | 3 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 7,980 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 29 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 68 |
| WID M | 28 |
| WID TOT | 96 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS011009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bridgewater-ns011009-1881/.