Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Grand Narrows was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,464. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5594818. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.968°N, 60.692°W.

Population

In 1881, Grand Narrows had a population of 1,464: 721 male and 743 female residents.

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, Grand Narrows shared boundaries with:

• Boisdale
• East Bay N

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,464 total population, 743 females, 721 males, 379 married persons, 262 families, 190 married males, 189 married females, 63 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,022 single persons under 18, 511 single females under 18, 511 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 232 occupied houses, 227 inhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 38,987 bushels of potatoes, 14,035 bushels of oats, 2,415 tons of hay, 1,659 acres of hay crops, 1,477 bushels of barley, 1,312 bushels of spring wheat, 513 acres of potatoes, 501 bushels of turnips, 128 acres of wheat, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 bushels of corn, 13 bushels of other root crops, 13 bushels of peas and beans, 4 bushels of rye, 3 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,490 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,874 quintals of cod, 306 gallons of fish oil, 177 barrels of herring or alewives, 138 barrels of eels, 74 men on fishing boats, 61 fishing boats, 24 shoremen, 14 barrels of gaspareaux, 10 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 8 barrels of mackerel, 3 barrels of other fish, 3 barrels of trout, 1 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,464 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS006001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS039013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5594818
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Narrows

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-ns006001-1881/.