Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Hants
Falmouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Falmouth was a census subdivision in Hants County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.990°N, 64.237°W.
Population
In 1881, Falmouth had a population of 903: 457 male and 446 female residents. Population density was 18.7 people per square mile.
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, Falmouth shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 180 |
| Number of families | 180 |
| Number of females | 446 |
| Number of males | 457 |
| Number of married females | 145 |
| Number of married males | 142 |
| Number of married persons | 287 |
| Number of widowed females | 31 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 43 |
| POP TOT | 903 |
| Total population | 903 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 270 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 303 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 573 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 175 |
| Number of occupied houses | 175 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,097 |
| Acres of potatoes | 211 |
| Acres of wheat | 168 |
| BAR BU | 502 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 502 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 342 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 124 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 9,578 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 710 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 211 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 27,939 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 120 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,453 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 21,298 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 63 |
| BWT BU | 342 |
| CRN BU | 124 |
| HAY AC | 2,097 |
| HAY TONS | 2,375 |
| OAT BU | 9,578 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 211 |
| POT AC | 211 |
| POT BU | 27,939 |
| RYE BU | 120 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,375 |
| WHT AC | 168 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,453 |
| WHT WTR BU | 63 |
Fisheries (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 60 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 600 |
| Number of fishing boats | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 5 |
Other recorded variables (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 5 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 5 |
| C UNMD F | 270 |
| C UNMD M | 303 |
| C UNMD TOT | 573 |
| CD NAME | Hants |
| D OCC | 175 |
| FEMALE | 446 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| H INHAB | 175 |
| MALE | 457 |
| MD F | 145 |
| MD M | 142 |
| MD TOT | 287 |
| NET XX F | 600 |
| NUMBER CD | 18 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 710 |
| SHD XB Q | 60 |
| TUR BU | 21,298 |
| WID F | 31 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 43 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS018002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012003 — 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). "Falmouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/falmouth-ns018002-1881/.