Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Halifax (County-Comté)
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Eastern Passage was a census subdivision in Halifax (County-Comté) County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 892. 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 density was 63.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 818 |
| 1881 | 892 |
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:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 151 |
| Number of families | 151 |
| Number of females | 426 |
| Number of males | 466 |
| Number of married females | 140 |
| Number of married males | 137 |
| Number of married persons | 277 |
| Number of widowed females | 26 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 34 |
| POP TOT | 892 |
| Total population | 892 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 260 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 321 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 581 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 146 |
| Number of occupied houses | 146 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 537 |
| Acres of potatoes | 49 |
| Acres of wheat | 6 |
| BAR BU | 849 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 849 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,088 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 5,255 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 164 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,212 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 125 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,068 |
| HAY AC | 537 |
| HAY TONS | 896 |
| OAT BU | 1,088 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 164 |
| POT AC | 49 |
| POT BU | 9,212 |
| RYE BU | 2 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 896 |
| WHT AC | 6 |
| WHT SP BU | 125 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 42 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 27 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 784 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 467 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 8 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,006 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,202 |
| Number of fishing boats | 98 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 194 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 100,020 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,957 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 336 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 784 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 194 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 98 |
| C UNMD F | 260 |
| C UNMD M | 321 |
| C UNMD TOT | 581 |
| CD NAME | Halifax (County-Comté) |
| COD DX K | 1,957 |
| D OCC | 146 |
| EEL XB Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 426 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,202 |
| GSP XB Q | 42 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 146 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 336 |
| HAL XB Q | 27 |
| LOB XC P | 100,020 |
| MALE | 466 |
| MCK XB Q | 467 |
| MD F | 140 |
| MD M | 137 |
| MD TOT | 277 |
| NET XX F | 6,006 |
| NUMBER CD | 10 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 7 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 5,255 |
| SLM XB Q | 8 |
| TUR BU | 4,068 |
| WID F | 26 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 34 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS010017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010017 — 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). "Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/eastern-passage-ns010017-1881/.