Cariboo, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Cariboo was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,332. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.741°N, 62.804°W.
Population
In 1881, Cariboo had a population of 1,332: 651 male and 681 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,263 |
| 1881 | 1,332 |
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, Cariboo shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,332 total population, 681 females, 651 males, 370 married persons, 257 families, 187 married females, 183 married males, 67 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 895 single persons under 18, 452 single males under 18, 443 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 254 occupied houses, 251 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 27,936 bushels of potatoes, 17,039 bushels of oats, 7,308 bushels of spring wheat, 5,473 bushels of turnips, 2,130 tons of hay, 1,530 acres of hay crops, 972 bushels of barley, 790 bushels of buckwheat, 566 acres of wheat, 287 acres of potatoes, 188 bushels of other root crops, 89 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 63 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,332 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:
NS020005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020005— 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). "Cariboo, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/cariboo-ns020005-1881/.