Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Annapolis
Broad Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Broad Cove was a census subdivision in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 991. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.715°N, 65.683°W.
Population
In 1881, Broad Cove had a population of 991: 504 male and 487 female residents. Population density was 34.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 891 |
| 1881 | 991 |
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, Broad Cove shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 204 |
| Number of families | 204 |
| Number of females | 487 |
| Number of males | 504 |
| Number of married females | 187 |
| Number of married males | 187 |
| Number of married persons | 374 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| POP TOT | 991 |
| Total population | 991 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 267 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 308 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 575 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 204 |
| Number of occupied houses | 204 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,140 |
| Acres of potatoes | 95 |
| Acres of wheat | 34 |
| BAR BU | 331 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 331 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 94 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 64 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 591 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,656 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 164 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,505 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 602 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,735 |
| BWT BU | 94 |
| CRN BU | 64 |
| HAY AC | 1,140 |
| HAY TONS | 1,607 |
| OAT BU | 591 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 164 |
| POT AC | 95 |
| POT BU | 9,505 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,607 |
| WHT AC | 34 |
| WHT SP BU | 602 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 59 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 401 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 89 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2,487 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,287 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,826 |
| Number of fishing boats | 80 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 112 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 19 |
| Number of shoremen | 16 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,411 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 16 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 3,392 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 401 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 112 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 80 |
| C UNMD F | 267 |
| C UNMD M | 308 |
| C UNMD TOT | 575 |
| CD NAME | Annapolis |
| COD DX K | 1,411 |
| D OCC | 204 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 16 |
| FEMALE | 487 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,826 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 204 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| HAD DX K | 3,392 |
| HAL XB Q | 59 |
| MALE | 504 |
| MCK XB Q | 89 |
| MD F | 187 |
| MD M | 187 |
| MD TOT | 374 |
| NET XX F | 1,287 |
| NUMBER CD | 16 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2,487 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,656 |
| SAR XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 16 |
| TUR BU | 2,735 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 19 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 4 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 9 |
| WID TOT | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS016007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016007 — 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). "Broad Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/broad-cove-ns016007-1881/.