Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Cape Breton
Gabarus, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Gabarus was a census subdivision in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,256. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.827°N, 60.198°W.
Population
In 1881, Gabarus had a population of 1,256: 643 male and 613 female residents. Population density was 14.7 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, Gabarus 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 | 283 |
| Number of families | 283 |
| Number of females | 613 |
| Number of males | 643 |
| Number of married females | 213 |
| Number of married males | 213 |
| Number of married persons | 426 |
| Number of widowed females | 45 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 58 |
| POP TOT | 1,256 |
| Total population | 1,256 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 355 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 417 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 772 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 13 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 237 |
| Number of occupied houses | 237 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,208 |
| Acres of potatoes | 150 |
| BAR BU | 23 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 23 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,976 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 103 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,332 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 580 |
| HAY AC | 1,208 |
| HAY TONS | 1,024 |
| OAT BU | 1,976 |
| POT AC | 150 |
| POT BU | 11,332 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,024 |
Fisheries (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 34 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,269 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 673 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 27 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 7,784 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,607 |
| Number of fishing boats | 190 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 109 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 28 |
| Number of shoremen | 125 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 33,600 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 5,769 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 630 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,269 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 109 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 190 |
| C UNMD F | 355 |
| C UNMD M | 417 |
| C UNMD TOT | 772 |
| CD NAME | Cape Breton |
| COD DX K | 5,769 |
| D OCC | 237 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 613 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,607 |
| GSP XB Q | 34 |
| H CON | 13 |
| H INHAB | 237 |
| H UNINH | 16 |
| HAD DX K | 630 |
| HAL XB Q | 6 |
| LOB XC P | 33,600 |
| MALE | 643 |
| MCK XB Q | 673 |
| MD F | 213 |
| MD M | 213 |
| MD TOT | 426 |
| NET XX F | 7,784 |
| NUMBER CD | 6 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 27 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 103 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 125 |
| TUR BU | 580 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 28 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 8 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 1 |
| WID F | 45 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 58 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS006014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006018 — 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). "Gabarus, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/gabarus-ns006014-1881/.