East Bay S, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
East Bay S was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 665. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.940°N, 60.408°W.
Population
In 1881, East Bay S had a population of 665: 354 male and 311 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 East Bay, 1871 (54.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of East Bay N & S, 1891 (54.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, East Bay S shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 665 total population, 354 males, 311 females, 166 married persons, 122 families, 83 married females, 83 married males, 33 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 466 single persons under 18, 261 single males under 18, 205 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 120 inhabited houses, 120 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,230 bushels of potatoes, 6,616 bushels of oats, 839 tons of hay, 819 acres of hay crops, 764 bushels of barley, 396 bushels of turnips, 395 bushels of spring wheat, 212 acres of potatoes, 37 acres of wheat, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 589 fathoms of fishing nets, 77 quintals of cod, 56 barrels of herring or alewives, 10 fishing boats, 8 men on fishing boats, 6 barrels of eels, 4 gallons of fish oil, 2 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 665 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:
NS006007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006007— 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). "East Bay S, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/east-bay-s-ns006007-1881/.