Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Canard, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Canard was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,429. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.119°N, 64.432°W.
Population
In 1881, Canard had a population of 1,429: 705 male and 724 female residents. Population density was 62.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, Canard shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 276 |
| Number of families | 276 |
| Number of females | 724 |
| Number of males | 705 |
| Number of married females | 228 |
| Number of married males | 220 |
| Number of married persons | 448 |
| Number of widowed females | 58 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 71 |
| POP TOT | 1,429 |
| Total population | 1,429 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 438 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 472 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 910 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 256 |
| Number of occupied houses | 256 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,312 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,461 |
| Acres of wheat | 195 |
| BAR BU | 525 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 525 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,356 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 9 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 157 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 15,375 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,267 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 358 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 255,911 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 369 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,293 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,530 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 263 |
| BWT BU | 1,356 |
| CRN BU | 157 |
| HAY AC | 3,312 |
| HAY TONS | 5,374 |
| OAT BU | 15,375 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 358 |
| POT AC | 1,461 |
| POT BU | 255,911 |
| RYE BU | 369 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 5,374 |
| WHT AC | 195 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,293 |
| WHT WTR BU | 263 |
Fisheries (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 176 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,400 |
| Number of fishing boats | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 2 |
| C UNMD F | 438 |
| C UNMD M | 472 |
| C UNMD TOT | 910 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| D OCC | 256 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 724 |
| GRA BU | 9 |
| H INHAB | 256 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| MALE | 705 |
| MD F | 228 |
| MD M | 220 |
| MD TOT | 448 |
| NET XX F | 1,400 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,267 |
| SHD XB Q | 176 |
| TUR BU | 4,530 |
| WID F | 58 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 71 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014003_1871 — 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). "Canard, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/canard-ns017002-1881/.