Clementsport, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Clementsport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,330. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.656°N, 65.601°W.

Population

In 1881, Clementsport had a population of 1,330: 693 male and 637 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Clementsport, 1891 (45.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Clements W-O, 1891 (54.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Clementsport shared boundaries with:

• Annapolis Royal
• Hessian Line

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,330 total population, 693 males, 637 females, 465 married persons, 271 families, 236 married females, 229 married males, 53 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 812 single persons under 18, 441 single males under 18, 371 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 266 inhabited houses, 266 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 22,661 bushels of potatoes, 6,664 bushels of turnips, 2,977 bushels of other root crops, 2,300 bushels of oats, 2,200 tons of hay, 1,934 acres of hay crops, 1,658 bushels of barley, 1,524 bushels of buckwheat, 1,192 bushels of spring wheat, 426 bushels of peas and beans, 373 bushels of rye, 251 bushels of corn, 163 acres of potatoes, 151 bushels of winter wheat, 69 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,797 barrels of herring or alewives, 494 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 479 gallons of fish oil, 404 barrels of mackerel, 268 quintals of cod, 180 fathoms of fishing nets, 39 fishing boats, 30 men on fishing boats, 22 barrels of halibut, 12 quintals of fascines fish, 5 men on fishing vessels, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,330 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: NS016008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS004007 — 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). "Clementsport, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/clementsport-ns016008-1881/.