Englishtown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Englishtown was a census subdivision in Victoria County, 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 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 81 |
| Number of families | 81 |
| Number of females | 275 |
| Number of males | 310 |
| Number of married females | 73 |
| Number of married males | 73 |
| Number of married persons | 146 |
| Number of widowed females | 17 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 22 |
| POP TOT | 585 |
| Total population | 585 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 185 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 232 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 417 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 81 |
| Number of occupied houses | 81 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (21 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 450 |
| Acres of potatoes | 77 |
| Acres of wheat | 12 |
| BAR BU | 301 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 301 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,863 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 43 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,002 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 198 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 93 |
| BWT BU | 16 |
| HAY AC | 450 |
| HAY TONS | 478 |
| OAT BU | 2,863 |
| POT AC | 77 |
| POT BU | 7,002 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 478 |
| WHT AC | 12 |
| WHT SP BU | 198 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 340 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 308 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 20 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,657 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 423 |
| Number of fishing boats | 72 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 106 |
| Number of shoremen | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,207 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 192 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 340 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 106 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 72 |
| C UNMD F | 185 |
| C UNMD M | 232 |
| C UNMD TOT | 417 |
| CD NAME | Victoria |
| COD DX K | 1,207 |
| D OCC | 81 |
| FEMALE | 275 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 423 |
| GRA BU | 8 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 81 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| HAD DX K | 192 |
| MALE | 310 |
| MCK XB Q | 308 |
| MD F | 73 |
| MD M | 73 |
| MD TOT | 146 |
| NET XX F | 3,657 |
| NUMBER CD | 5 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 43 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 2 |
| SLM XB Q | 20 |
| TUR BU | 93 |
| WID F | 17 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 22 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS005008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020008_1871— 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/.