Chezettcook, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Chezettcook was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.696°N, 63.288°W.
Population
In 1881, Chezettcook had a population of 1,550: 791 male and 759 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,344 |
| 1881 | 1,550 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Polling District No. 28b, 1891 (46.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Polling District No. 28a, 1891 (53.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Chezettcook shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,550 total population, 791 males, 759 females, 458 married persons, 271 families, 230 married females, 228 married males, 69 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,023 single persons under 18, 533 single males under 18, 490 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 270 occupied houses, 269 inhabited houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,907 bushels of potatoes, 1,810 bushels of turnips, 1,252 tons of hay, 852 bushels of oats, 742 bushels of other root crops, 690 acres of hay crops, 328 bushels of barley, 150 bushels of peas and beans, 92 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of spring wheat, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 17,847 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,493 quintals of cod, 2,416 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,359 gallons of fish oil, 611 barrels of mackerel, 250 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 161 men on fishing boats, 136 barrels of gaspareaux, 123 fishing boats, 39 men on fishing vessels, 30 barrels of halibut, 11 shoremen, 6 fishing vessels, 5 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 888 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,550 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:
NS010020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010020— 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). "Chezettcook, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/chezettcook-ns010020-1881/.