Forks St. Mary’s, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Forks St. Mary’s was a township in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 944. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.290°N, 62.092°W.
Population
In 1881, Forks St. Mary’s had a population of 944: 489 male and 455 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 944 |
| 1891 | 863 |
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 Forks of St. Mary, 1871 (66.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Forks St. Mary’s shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 154 |
| Number of families | 154 |
| Number of females | 455 |
| Number of males | 489 |
| Number of married females | 131 |
| Number of married males | 131 |
| Number of married persons | 262 |
| Number of widowed females | 19 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 26 |
| POP TOT | 944 |
| Total population | 944 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 305 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 351 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 656 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 154 |
| Number of occupied houses | 154 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,120 |
| Acres of potatoes | 133 |
| Acres of wheat | 98 |
| BAR BU | 711 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 711 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,705 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 45 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,958 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 22,299 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,077 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 663 |
| BWT BU | 3,705 |
| HAY AC | 2,120 |
| HAY TONS | 2,748 |
| OAT BU | 7,958 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 28 |
| POT AC | 133 |
| POT BU | 22,299 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,748 |
| WHT AC | 98 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,077 |
Fisheries (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 7 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 556 |
Other recorded variables (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 305 |
| C UNMD M | 351 |
| C UNMD TOT | 656 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| D OCC | 154 |
| FEMALE | 455 |
| GRA BU | 45 |
| GSP XB Q | 8 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 154 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| MALE | 489 |
| MD F | 131 |
| MD M | 131 |
| MD TOT | 262 |
| NET XX F | 556 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 80 |
| SLM XB Q | 7 |
| TUR BU | 663 |
| WID F | 19 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 26 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS032005— 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). "Forks St. Mary’s, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/forks-st-mary-s-ns008010-1881/.