Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Yarmouth
Carleton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Carleton was a census subdivision in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 724. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.036°N, 65.920°W.
Population
In 1881, Carleton had a population of 724: 383 male and 341 female residents. Population density was 8.5 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 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 | 142 |
| Number of families | 142 |
| Number of females | 341 |
| Number of males | 383 |
| Number of married females | 143 |
| Number of married males | 131 |
| Number of married persons | 274 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 2 |
| Number of widowed persons | 12 |
| POP TOT | 724 |
| Total population | 724 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 188 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 250 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 438 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 134 |
| Number of occupied houses | 134 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 817 |
| Acres of potatoes | 81 |
| Acres of wheat | 18 |
| BAR BU | 277 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 277 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 753 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 180 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 250 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,294 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 277 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,061 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 306 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 6,426 |
| BWT BU | 753 |
| CRN BU | 180 |
| HAY AC | 817 |
| HAY TONS | 860 |
| OAT BU | 250 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 277 |
| POT AC | 81 |
| POT BU | 6,061 |
| RYE BU | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 860 |
| WHT AC | 18 |
| WHT SP BU | 306 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 95 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 125 |
| Number of fishing boats | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 1 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 30 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 60 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 1 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 8 |
| C UNMD F | 188 |
| C UNMD M | 250 |
| C UNMD TOT | 438 |
| CD NAME | Yarmouth |
| COD DX K | 30 |
| D OCC | 134 |
| EEL XB Q | 3 |
| FEMALE | 341 |
| GSP XB Q | 95 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 134 |
| H UNINH | 11 |
| HAD DX K | 60 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 383 |
| MD F | 143 |
| MD M | 131 |
| MD TOT | 274 |
| NET XX F | 125 |
| NUMBER CD | 14 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,294 |
| TRT XB Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 6,426 |
| WID F | 10 |
| WID M | 2 |
| WID TOT | 12 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS014005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS021005 — 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, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/carleton-ns014005-1881/.