Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Richmond
Grand River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Grand River was a census subdivision in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 869. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.666°N, 60.552°W.
Population
In 1881, Grand River had a population of 869: 415 male and 454 female residents. Population density was 14.1 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 River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 150 |
| Number of families | 150 |
| Number of females | 454 |
| Number of males | 415 |
| Number of married females | 111 |
| Number of married males | 112 |
| Number of married persons | 223 |
| Number of widowed females | 32 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| POP TOT | 869 |
| Total population | 869 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 311 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 293 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 604 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 149 |
| Number of occupied houses | 149 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,127 |
| Acres of potatoes | 144 |
| BAR BU | 37 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 37 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,025 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 13,649 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 137 |
| BWT BU | 7 |
| HAY AC | 1,127 |
| HAY TONS | 1,074 |
| OAT BU | 6,025 |
| POT AC | 144 |
| POT BU | 13,649 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,074 |
| WHT SP BU | 4 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,858 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 472 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 13,170 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 188 |
| Number of fishing boats | 85 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 128 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 28,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 411 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,858 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 128 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 85 |
| C UNMD F | 311 |
| C UNMD M | 293 |
| C UNMD TOT | 604 |
| CD NAME | Richmond |
| COD DX K | 411 |
| D OCC | 149 |
| FEMALE | 454 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 188 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 149 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| LOB XC P | 28,000 |
| MALE | 415 |
| MCK XB Q | 472 |
| MD F | 111 |
| MD M | 112 |
| MD TOT | 223 |
| NET XX F | 13,170 |
| NUMBER CD | 7 |
| SLM XB Q | 6 |
| TUR BU | 137 |
| WID F | 32 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018007 — 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 River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/grand-river-ns007009-1881/.