Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Eastern Passage was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 892. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5330374. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.617°N, 63.477°W.

Population

In 1881, Eastern Passage had a population of 892: 466 male and 426 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Eastern Passage shared boundaries with:

• Dartmouth

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 892 total population, 466 males, 426 females, 277 married persons, 151 families, 140 married females, 137 married males, 34 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 581 single persons under 18, 321 single males under 18, 260 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 146 inhabited houses, 146 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 9,212 bushels of potatoes, 5,255 bushels of other root crops, 4,068 bushels of turnips, 1,088 bushels of oats, 896 tons of hay, 849 bushels of barley, 537 acres of hay crops, 164 bushels of peas and beans, 125 bushels of spring wheat, 49 acres of potatoes, 6 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 6,006 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,957 quintals of cod, 1,202 gallons of fish oil, 784 barrels of herring or alewives, 467 barrels of mackerel, 336 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 194 men on fishing boats, 98 fishing boats, 42 barrels of gaspareaux, 27 barrels of halibut, 8 barrels of salmon, 7 barrels of other fish, 4 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 100,020 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 892 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: NS010017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS011006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5330374
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Passage,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Passage

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). "Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/eastern-passage-ns010017-1881/.