Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Ferguson's Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.586°N, 63.582°W.
Population
In 1881, Ferguson's Cove had a population of 757: 396 male and 361 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 667 |
| 1881 | 757 |
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, Ferguson's Cove shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 757 total population, 396 males, 361 females, 205 married persons, 123 families, 103 married males, 102 married females, 35 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 517 single persons under 18, 278 single males under 18, 239 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 121 inhabited houses, 121 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,724 bushels of potatoes, 147 tons of hay, 140 acres of hay crops, 27 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of oats, 11 bushels of turnips, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 14,230 fathoms of fishing nets, 5,868 quintals of cod, 3,285 gallons of fish oil, 2,380 barrels of mackerel, 840 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 275 men on fishing boats, 237 barrels of herring or alewives, 175 fishing boats, 106 men on fishing vessels, 16 fishing vessels, 6 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Hanrahan | 1870–1926 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 757 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:
NS010002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010002— 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). "Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ferguson-s-cove-ns010002-1881/.