Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Annapolis
Carleton Corner, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Carleton Corner was a census subdivision in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 862. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.817°N, 65.283°W.
Population
In 1881, Carleton Corner had a population of 862: 453 male and 409 female residents. Population density was 53.3 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, Carleton Corner shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 176 |
| Number of families | 176 |
| Number of females | 409 |
| Number of males | 453 |
| Number of married females | 139 |
| Number of married males | 140 |
| Number of married persons | 279 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 50 |
| POP TOT | 862 |
| Total population | 862 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 231 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 302 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 533 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 154 |
| Number of occupied houses | 155 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,071 |
| Acres of potatoes | 275 |
| Acres of wheat | 72 |
| BAR BU | 552 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 552 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 860 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 755 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,196 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,918 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 328 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 35,998 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 191 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 840 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,999 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 94 |
| BWT BU | 860 |
| CRN BU | 755 |
| HAY AC | 2,071 |
| HAY TONS | 3,358 |
| OAT BU | 2,196 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 328 |
| POT AC | 275 |
| POT BU | 35,998 |
| RYE BU | 191 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,358 |
| WHT AC | 72 |
| WHT SP BU | 840 |
| WHT WTR BU | 94 |
Fisheries (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 10 |
| Number of fishing boats | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 1 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 1 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 2 |
| C UNMD F | 231 |
| C UNMD M | 302 |
| C UNMD TOT | 533 |
| CD NAME | Annapolis |
| D OCC | 155 |
| FEMALE | 409 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 154 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| MALE | 453 |
| MD F | 139 |
| MD M | 140 |
| MD TOT | 279 |
| NET XX F | 10 |
| NUMBER CD | 16 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,918 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 5,999 |
| WID F | 39 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 50 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS016011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS004004 — 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). "Carleton Corner, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/carleton-corner-ns016011-1881/.