Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Centreville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Centreville was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,391. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.152°N, 64.544°W.
Population
In 1881, Centreville had a population of 2,391: 1,242 male and 1,149 female residents. Population density was 47.7 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, Centreville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 456 |
| Number of families | 456 |
| Number of females | 1,149 |
| Number of males | 1,242 |
| Number of married females | 379 |
| Number of married males | 390 |
| Number of married persons | 769 |
| Number of widowed females | 73 |
| Number of widowed males | 32 |
| Number of widowed persons | 105 |
| POP TOT | 2,391 |
| Total population | 2,391 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 697 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 820 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,517 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 434 |
| Number of occupied houses | 435 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 20 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 5,172 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,378 |
| Acres of wheat | 303 |
| BAR BU | 350 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 350 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,342 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 228 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 13,537 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,779 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 493 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 199,457 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 961 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,370 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 8,109 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 1,434 |
| BWT BU | 2,342 |
| CRN BU | 228 |
| HAY AC | 5,172 |
| HAY TONS | 5,140 |
| OAT BU | 13,537 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 493 |
| POT AC | 1,378 |
| POT BU | 199,457 |
| RYE BU | 961 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 5,140 |
| WHT AC | 303 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,370 |
| WHT WTR BU | 1,434 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 779 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 319 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 25 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,807 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 266 |
| Number of fishing boats | 40 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 59 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 8 |
| Number of shoremen | 39 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 306 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 5 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 539 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 779 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 59 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 40 |
| C UNMD F | 697 |
| C UNMD M | 820 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,517 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| COD DX K | 306 |
| D OCC | 435 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 1,149 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 266 |
| GRA BU | 11 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 434 |
| H UNINH | 20 |
| HAD DX K | 539 |
| MALE | 1,242 |
| MCK XB Q | 319 |
| MD F | 379 |
| MD M | 390 |
| MD TOT | 769 |
| NET XX F | 1,807 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,779 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 39 |
| SLM XB Q | 25 |
| TUR BU | 8,109 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 8 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 73 |
| WID M | 32 |
| WID TOT | 105 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS052006 — 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). "Centreville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/centreville-ns017003-1881/.