Englishtown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Englishtown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 585. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.295°N, 60.502°W.
Population
In 1881, Englishtown had a population of 585: 310 male and 275 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 524 |
| 1881 | 585 |
| 1891 | 515 |
| 1901 | 359 |
| 1911 | 372 |
| 1921 | 278 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Englishtown, 1871 (24.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Englishtown shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 585 total population, 310 males, 275 females, 146 married persons, 81 families, 73 married females, 73 married males, 22 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 417 single persons under 18, 232 single males under 18, 185 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 81 inhabited houses, 81 occupied houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,002 bushels of potatoes, 2,863 bushels of oats, 478 tons of hay, 450 acres of hay crops, 301 bushels of barley, 198 bushels of spring wheat, 93 bushels of turnips, 77 acres of potatoes, 43 bushels of other root crops, 16 bushels of buckwheat, 12 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,657 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,207 quintals of cod, 423 gallons of fish oil, 340 barrels of herring or alewives, 308 barrels of mackerel, 192 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 106 men on fishing boats, 72 fishing boats, 20 barrels of salmon, 2 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 585 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:
NS005008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020008_1881— 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). "Englishtown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/englishtown-ns005008-1881/.