Church Point, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Church Point was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,289. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.305°N, 66.015°W.
Population
In 1881, Church Point had a population of 2,289: 1,164 male and 1,125 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,289 |
| 1891 | 874 |
| 1901 | 988 |
| 1911 | 1,054 |
| 1921 | 453 |
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 Church Point, 1891 (32.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Comeauville, 1891 (16.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Grosses Coques, 1891 (51.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Church Point shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,289 total population, 1,164 males, 1,125 females, 718 married persons, 416 families, 359 married females, 359 married males, 71 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,500 single persons under 18, 771 single males under 18, 729 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 377 occupied houses, 370 inhabited houses, 22 houses under construction, 7 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 44,908 bushels of potatoes, 3,578 bushels of turnips, 3,486 bushels of oats, 2,023 tons of hay, 2,003 bushels of other root crops, 1,493 acres of hay crops, 1,063 bushels of spring wheat, 654 bushels of barley, 289 acres of potatoes, 179 bushels of peas and beans, 80 bushels of corn, 65 bushels of buckwheat, 52 acres of wheat, 5 bushels of winter wheat, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 960 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 841 fathoms of fishing nets, 534 gallons of fish oil, 258 quintals of cod, 231 barrels of mackerel, 134 barrels of herring or alewives, 104 men on fishing boats, 56 fishing boats, 26 quintals of fascines fish, 2 barrels of trout, 1 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,289 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:
NS015010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009003_1921— 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). "Church Point, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/church-point-ns015010-1881/.