Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Gaspereau, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Gaspereau was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,217. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.003°N, 64.375°W.
Population
In 1881, Gaspereau had a population of 1,217: 636 male and 581 female residents. Population density was 18.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,200 |
| 1881 | 1,217 |
| 1891 | 996 |
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, Gaspereau shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 212 |
| Number of families | 212 |
| Number of females | 581 |
| Number of males | 636 |
| Number of married females | 182 |
| Number of married males | 186 |
| Number of married persons | 368 |
| Number of widowed females | 31 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 47 |
| POP TOT | 1,217 |
| Total population | 1,217 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 368 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 434 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 802 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 195 |
| Number of occupied houses | 196 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,464 |
| Acres of potatoes | 408 |
| Acres of wheat | 266 |
| BAR BU | 219 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 219 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,603 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 23 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 72 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,422 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,342 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 265 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 50,685 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 329 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,335 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,658 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 38 |
| BWT BU | 1,603 |
| CRN BU | 72 |
| HAY AC | 3,464 |
| HAY TONS | 2,845 |
| OAT BU | 8,422 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 265 |
| POT AC | 408 |
| POT BU | 50,685 |
| RYE BU | 329 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,845 |
| WHT AC | 266 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,335 |
| WHT WTR BU | 38 |
Fisheries (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 7 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 3 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 18 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 368 |
| C UNMD M | 434 |
| C UNMD TOT | 802 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| COD DX K | 3 |
| D OCC | 196 |
| EEL XB Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 581 |
| GRA BU | 23 |
| GSP XB Q | 7 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 195 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| HAD DX K | 18 |
| MALE | 636 |
| MD F | 182 |
| MD M | 186 |
| MD TOT | 368 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,342 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 3,658 |
| WID F | 31 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 47 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037007 — 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). "Gaspereau, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/gaspereau-ns017007-1881/.