Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Guysborough
Canso, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Canso was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,451. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.308°N, 61.052°W.
Population
In 1881, Canso had a population of 1,451: 726 male and 725 female residents. Population density was 41.3 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, Canso shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 245 |
| Number of families | 245 |
| Number of females | 725 |
| Number of males | 726 |
| Number of married females | 235 |
| Number of married males | 235 |
| Number of married persons | 470 |
| Number of widowed females | 40 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 47 |
| POP TOT | 1,451 |
| Total population | 1,451 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 450 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 484 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 934 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 230 |
| Number of occupied houses | 230 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 202 |
| Acres of potatoes | 30 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,185 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 20 |
| HAY AC | 202 |
| HAY TONS | 321 |
| OAT BU | 22 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 6 |
| POT AC | 30 |
| POT BU | 2,185 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 321 |
Fisheries (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 216 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,455 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2,532 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 97 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 14 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 20,024 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 3,517 |
| Number of fishing boats | 132 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 225 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 106 |
| Number of shoremen | 21 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 97,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 9,228 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 907 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,455 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 225 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 132 |
| C UNMD F | 450 |
| C UNMD M | 484 |
| C UNMD TOT | 934 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 9,228 |
| D OCC | 230 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 725 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 3,517 |
| GSP XB Q | 216 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 230 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 907 |
| LOB XC P | 97,000 |
| MALE | 726 |
| MCK XB Q | 2,532 |
| MD F | 235 |
| MD M | 235 |
| MD TOT | 470 |
| NET XX F | 20,024 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 97 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 25 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 21 |
| SLM XB Q | 14 |
| TUR BU | 20 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 106 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 8 |
| WID F | 40 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 47 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS032002 — 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). "Canso, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/canso-ns008003-1881/.