Broofield Corner, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Broofield Corner was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,186. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.326°N, 63.257°W.
Population
In 1881, Broofield Corner had a population of 1,186: 615 male and 571 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 Truro, T-V, 1871 (39.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Broofield Corner shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,186 total population, 615 males, 571 females, 345 married persons, 202 families, 174 married females, 171 married males, 48 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 793 single persons under 18, 428 single males under 18, 365 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 202 inhabited houses, 202 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 30,725 bushels of potatoes, 6,722 bushels of oats, 4,009 bushels of turnips, 3,067 tons of hay, 2,677 bushels of spring wheat, 2,511 bushels of other root crops, 2,482 acres of hay crops, 1,927 bushels of buckwheat, 326 bushels of barley, 226 acres of wheat, 224 acres of potatoes, 158 bushels of peas and beans, 45 bushels of rye, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,186 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:
NS019016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS019016— 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). "Broofield Corner, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/broofield-corner-ns019016-1881/.