French Village, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
French Village was a village in Halifax (County-Comté) County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 759. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.669°N, 63.823°W.
Population
In 1881, French Village had a population of 759: 397 male and 362 female residents. Population density was 9.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 668 |
| 1881 | 759 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Polling district No. 11, 1891 (43.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Polling district No. 12, 1891 (56.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, French Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 136 |
| Number of families | 136 |
| Number of females | 362 |
| Number of males | 397 |
| Number of married females | 116 |
| Number of married males | 115 |
| Number of married persons | 231 |
| Number of widowed females | 22 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 34 |
| POP TOT | 759 |
| Total population | 759 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 224 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 270 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 494 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 124 |
| Number of occupied houses | 124 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 256 |
| Acres of potatoes | 61 |
| Acres of wheat | 4 |
| BAR BU | 780 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 780 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 463 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,293 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 68 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,015 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 99 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,017 |
| HAY AC | 256 |
| HAY TONS | 430 |
| OAT BU | 463 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 68 |
| POT AC | 61 |
| POT BU | 9,015 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 430 |
| WHT AC | 4 |
| WHT SP BU | 99 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 396 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,611 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 13 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 14,197 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,280 |
| Number of fishing boats | 111 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 120 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 10 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,255 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 91 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 396 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 120 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 111 |
| C UNMD F | 224 |
| C UNMD M | 270 |
| C UNMD TOT | 494 |
| CD NAME | Halifax (County-Comté) |
| COD DX K | 1,255 |
| D OCC | 124 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 362 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,280 |
| GSP XB Q | 12 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 124 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| HAD DX K | 91 |
| MALE | 397 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,611 |
| MD F | 116 |
| MD M | 115 |
| MD TOT | 231 |
| NET XX F | 14,197 |
| NUMBER CD | 10 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,293 |
| SLM XB Q | 7 |
| TRT XB Q | 13 |
| TUR BU | 1,017 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 10 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 22 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 34 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS010009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010009— 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). "French Village, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/french-village-ns010009-1881/.