Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Dartmouth was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,777. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q497373. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.718°N, 63.542°W.

Population

In 1881, Dartmouth had a population of 1,777: 893 male and 884 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Dartmouth, 1871 (90.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Dartmouth, Town—Ville, 1891 (90.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Dartmouth shared boundaries with:

• Dartmouth, Town—Ville
• Eastern Passage
• Lawrencetown
• NO DATA
• Pier's Mills
• Preston
• Truro Road
• Windsor Road

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,777 total population, 893 males, 884 females, 553 married persons, 281 married females, 272 married males, 251 families, 73 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,151 single persons under 18, 599 single males under 18, 552 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 243 occupied houses, 238 inhabited houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 14,156 bushels of potatoes, 13,952 bushels of turnips, 6,092 bushels of other root crops, 1,428 bushels of oats, 1,317 tons of hay, 937 acres of hay crops, 561 bushels of barley, 284 bushels of spring wheat, 86 acres of potatoes, 14 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,776 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: NS010014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS010014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q497373
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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). "Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/dartmouth-ns010014-1881/.