Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Lunenburg
Conquerall, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Conquerall was a census subdivision in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,369. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.320°N, 64.473°W.
Population
In 1881, Conquerall had a population of 1,369: 682 male and 687 female residents. Population density was 50.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,166 |
| 1881 | 1,369 |
| 1891 | 1,418 |
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, Conquerall shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 246 |
| Number of families | 246 |
| Number of females | 687 |
| Number of males | 682 |
| Number of married females | 219 |
| Number of married males | 218 |
| Number of married persons | 437 |
| Number of widowed females | 28 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 34 |
| POP TOT | 1,369 |
| Total population | 1,369 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 440 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 458 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 898 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 229 |
| Number of occupied houses | 229 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,401 |
| Acres of potatoes | 159 |
| Acres of wheat | 7 |
| BAR BU | 2,953 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,953 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 227 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 711 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,198 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 116 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 18,067 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,168 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 147 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,677 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 16 |
| BWT BU | 227 |
| CRN BU | 5 |
| HAY AC | 1,401 |
| HAY TONS | 1,100 |
| OAT BU | 711 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 116 |
| POT AC | 159 |
| POT BU | 18,067 |
| RYE BU | 1,168 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,100 |
| WHT AC | 7 |
| WHT SP BU | 147 |
| WHT WTR BU | 16 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 152 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 35 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 770 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,464 |
| Number of fishing boats | 28 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 9 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 50 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 67 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 4,331 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 52 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 152 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 50 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 28 |
| C UNMD F | 440 |
| C UNMD M | 458 |
| C UNMD TOT | 898 |
| CD NAME | Lunenburg |
| COD DX K | 4,331 |
| D OCC | 229 |
| FEMALE | 687 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,464 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 229 |
| H UNINH | 7 |
| HAD DX K | 52 |
| HAL XB Q | 5 |
| MALE | 682 |
| MCK XB Q | 35 |
| MD F | 219 |
| MD M | 218 |
| MD TOT | 437 |
| NET XX F | 770 |
| NUMBER CD | 11 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 6 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,198 |
| TUR BU | 1,677 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 67 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 9 |
| WID F | 28 |
| WID M | 6 |
| WID TOT | 34 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS011013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038005 — 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). "Conquerall, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/conquerall-ns011013-1881/.