Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Victoria
Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Grand Narrows was a census subdivision in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.993°N, 60.841°W.
Population
In 1881, Grand Narrows had a population of 1,280: 607 male and 673 female residents. Population density was 30.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,280 |
| 1891 | 1,283 |
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, Grand Narrows 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 | 204 |
| Number of families | 204 |
| Number of females | 673 |
| Number of males | 607 |
| Number of married females | 153 |
| Number of married males | 161 |
| Number of married persons | 314 |
| Number of widowed females | 44 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 56 |
| POP TOT | 1,280 |
| Total population | 1,280 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 476 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 434 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 910 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 204 |
| Number of occupied houses | 204 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,851 |
| Acres of potatoes | 368 |
| Acres of wheat | 75 |
| BAR BU | 1,317 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,317 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 182 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,307 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 29,422 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 878 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 941 |
| BWT BU | 182 |
| HAY AC | 1,851 |
| HAY TONS | 1,967 |
| OAT BU | 7,307 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 2 |
| POT AC | 368 |
| POT BU | 29,422 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,967 |
| WHT AC | 75 |
| WHT SP BU | 878 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 13 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 329 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 17 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 134 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,591 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 702 |
| Number of fishing boats | 89 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 122 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,643 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 329 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 122 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 89 |
| C UNMD F | 476 |
| C UNMD M | 434 |
| C UNMD TOT | 910 |
| CD NAME | Victoria |
| COD DX K | 1,643 |
| D OCC | 204 |
| EEL XB Q | 7 |
| FEMALE | 673 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 702 |
| GRA BU | 25 |
| GSP XB Q | 13 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 204 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| MALE | 607 |
| MCK XB Q | 17 |
| MD F | 153 |
| MD M | 161 |
| MD TOT | 314 |
| NET XX F | 1,591 |
| NUMBER CD | 5 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 10 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 20 |
| OYS XB Q | 134 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 941 |
| WID F | 44 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 56 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS005003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS043007 — 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). "Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/grand-narrows-ns005003-1881/.