Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Richmond
Descousse, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Descousse was a census subdivision in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,492. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.574°N, 61.000°W.
Population
In 1881, Descousse had a population of 1,492: 732 male and 760 female residents. Population density was 66.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,456 |
| 1881 | 1,492 |
| 1891 | 1,559 |
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, Descousse shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 287 |
| Number of families | 287 |
| Number of females | 760 |
| Number of males | 732 |
| Number of married females | 256 |
| Number of married males | 255 |
| Number of married persons | 511 |
| Number of widowed females | 58 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 69 |
| POP TOT | 1,492 |
| Total population | 1,492 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 446 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 466 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 912 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 280 |
| Number of occupied houses | 280 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 762 |
| Acres of potatoes | 223 |
| BAR BU | 10 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 859 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 77 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 19,023 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,763 |
| BWT BU | 11 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 762 |
| HAY TONS | 1,589 |
| OAT BU | 859 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 77 |
| POT AC | 223 |
| POT BU | 19,023 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,589 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 108 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 695 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 941 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 8,980 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,172 |
| Number of fishing boats | 78 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 28 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 126 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 201 |
| Number of shoremen | 88 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 66,094 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 8,700 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 565 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 695 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 126 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 78 |
| C UNMD F | 446 |
| C UNMD M | 466 |
| C UNMD TOT | 912 |
| CD NAME | Richmond |
| COD DX K | 8,700 |
| D OCC | 280 |
| FEMALE | 760 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,172 |
| GSP XB Q | 5 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 280 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 565 |
| HAL XB Q | 108 |
| LOB XC P | 66,094 |
| MALE | 732 |
| MCK XB Q | 941 |
| MD F | 256 |
| MD M | 255 |
| MD TOT | 511 |
| NET XX F | 8,980 |
| NUMBER CD | 7 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 88 |
| TUR BU | 1,763 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 201 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 28 |
| WID F | 58 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 69 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS041004 — 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). "Descousse, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/descousse-ns007003-1881/.