Broad Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Broad Cove was a census subdivision in 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 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 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 991 total population, 504 males, 487 females, 374 married persons, 204 families, 187 married females, 187 married males, 42 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 575 single persons under 18, 308 single males under 18, 267 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 204 inhabited houses, 204 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 9,505 bushels of potatoes, 2,735 bushels of turnips, 1,656 bushels of other root crops, 1,607 tons of hay, 1,140 acres of hay crops, 602 bushels of spring wheat, 591 bushels of oats, 331 bushels of barley, 164 bushels of peas and beans, 95 acres of potatoes, 94 bushels of buckwheat, 64 bushels of corn, 34 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,392 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2,826 gallons of fish oil, 2,487 barrels of other fish, 1,411 quintals of cod, 1,287 fathoms of fishing nets, 401 barrels of herring or alewives, 112 men on fishing boats, 89 barrels of mackerel, 80 fishing boats, 59 barrels of halibut, 19 men on fishing vessels, 16 shoremen, 16 quintals of fascines fish, 4 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 991 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:
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/.