Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Cape Breton
Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Grand Narrows was a census subdivision in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,464. 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 density was 26.3 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, Grand Narrows shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 262 |
| Number of families | 262 |
| Number of females | 743 |
| Number of males | 721 |
| Number of married females | 189 |
| Number of married males | 190 |
| Number of married persons | 379 |
| Number of widowed females | 43 |
| Number of widowed males | 20 |
| Number of widowed persons | 63 |
| POP TOT | 1,464 |
| Total population | 1,464 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 511 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 511 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,022 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 5 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 227 |
| Number of occupied houses | 232 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,659 |
| Acres of potatoes | 513 |
| Acres of wheat | 128 |
| BAR BU | 1,477 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,477 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 48 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 39 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,035 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 38,987 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,312 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 501 |
| BWT BU | 3 |
| CRN BU | 39 |
| HAY AC | 1,659 |
| HAY TONS | 2,415 |
| OAT BU | 14,035 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 13 |
| POT AC | 513 |
| POT BU | 38,987 |
| RYE BU | 4 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,415 |
| WHT AC | 128 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,312 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 138 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 14 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 177 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,490 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 306 |
| Number of fishing boats | 61 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 74 |
| Number of shoremen | 24 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,874 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 10 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 177 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 74 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 61 |
| C UNMD F | 511 |
| C UNMD M | 511 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,022 |
| CD NAME | Cape Breton |
| COD DX K | 1,874 |
| D OCC | 232 |
| EEL XB Q | 138 |
| FEMALE | 743 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 306 |
| GRA BU | 48 |
| GSP XB Q | 14 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 227 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAD DX K | 10 |
| MALE | 721 |
| MCK XB Q | 8 |
| MD F | 189 |
| MD M | 190 |
| MD TOT | 379 |
| NET XX F | 3,490 |
| NUMBER CD | 6 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 13 |
| SHAN | 5 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 24 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TRT XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 501 |
| WID F | 43 |
| WID M | 20 |
| WID TOT | 63 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS006001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006006_1881 — 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-ns006001-1881/.