Earltown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Earltown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,173. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.608°N, 63.166°W.
Population
In 1881, Earltown had a population of 1,173: 561 male and 612 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,233 |
| 1881 | 1,173 |
| 1891 | 1,038 |
| 1901 | 895 |
| 1911 | 657 |
| 1921 | 575 |
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, Earltown shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,173 total population, 612 females, 561 males, 327 married persons, 213 families, 164 married males, 163 married females, 66 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 780 single persons under 18, 401 single females under 18, 379 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 208 inhabited houses, 208 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 32,304 bushels of potatoes, 23,182 bushels of oats, 5,019 bushels of buckwheat, 4,335 bushels of spring wheat, 2,866 tons of hay, 2,595 acres of hay crops, 1,323 bushels of turnips, 885 bushels of barley, 274 acres of wheat, 247 acres of potatoes, 130 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 109 bushels of other root crops, 100 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,173 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:
NS019011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS007005— 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). "Earltown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/earltown-ns019011-1881/.