Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Canning, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Canning was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,260. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.227°N, 64.418°W.
Population
In 1881, Canning had a population of 3,260: 1,669 male and 1,591 female residents. Population density was 47.7 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, Canning shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 583 |
| Number of families | 583 |
| Number of females | 1,591 |
| Number of males | 1,669 |
| Number of married females | 533 |
| Number of married males | 526 |
| Number of married persons | 1,059 |
| Number of widowed females | 74 |
| Number of widowed males | 34 |
| Number of widowed persons | 108 |
| POP TOT | 3,260 |
| Total population | 3,260 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 984 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,109 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,093 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 556 |
| Number of occupied houses | 556 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 4,179 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,361 |
| Acres of wheat | 381 |
| BAR BU | 910 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 910 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,271 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 27 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 242 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 13,032 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,609 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 429 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 207,522 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 392 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,291 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 8,172 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 104 |
| BWT BU | 2,271 |
| CRN BU | 242 |
| HAY AC | 4,179 |
| HAY TONS | 4,838 |
| OAT BU | 13,032 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 429 |
| POT AC | 1,361 |
| POT BU | 207,522 |
| RYE BU | 392 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,838 |
| WHT AC | 381 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,291 |
| WHT WTR BU | 104 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 566 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 37 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 459 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,005 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 23 |
| Number of fishing boats | 7 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 6 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 31 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 25 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 91 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 566 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 8 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 7 |
| C UNMD F | 984 |
| C UNMD M | 1,109 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,093 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| COD DX K | 31 |
| D OCC | 556 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 25 |
| FEMALE | 1,591 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 23 |
| GRA BU | 27 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 556 |
| H UNINH | 13 |
| HAD DX K | 91 |
| MALE | 1,669 |
| MCK XB Q | 37 |
| MD F | 533 |
| MD M | 526 |
| MD TOT | 1,059 |
| NET XX F | 3,005 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,609 |
| SHD XB Q | 459 |
| TUR BU | 8,172 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 6 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 74 |
| WID M | 34 |
| WID TOT | 108 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014004 — 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). "Canning, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/canning-ns017001-1881/.