Carleton Corner, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Carleton Corner was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 862. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5041209. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 700 |
| 1881 | 862 |
| 1891 | 846 |
| 1901 | 897 |
| 1911 | 789 |
| 1921 | 713 |
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 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 862 total population, 453 males, 409 females, 279 married persons, 176 families, 140 married males, 139 married females, 50 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 533 single persons under 18, 302 single males under 18, 231 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 155 occupied houses, 154 inhabited houses, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 35,998 bushels of potatoes, 5,999 bushels of turnips, 3,358 tons of hay, 2,918 bushels of other root crops, 2,196 bushels of oats, 2,071 acres of hay crops, 860 bushels of buckwheat, 840 bushels of spring wheat, 755 bushels of corn, 552 bushels of barley, 328 bushels of peas and beans, 275 acres of potatoes, 191 bushels of rye, 94 bushels of winter wheat, 72 acres of wheat, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10 fathoms of fishing nets, 2 barrels of other fish, 2 fishing boats, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 men on fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 862 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:
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: Q5041209
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Corner
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/.