Guysborough Intervale, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Guysborough Intervale was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 990. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.470°N, 61.657°W.
Population
In 1881, Guysborough Intervale had a population of 990: 487 male and 503 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,265 |
| 1881 | 990 |
| 1891 | 842 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Guysborough Intervale, 1871 (78.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Guysborough Intervale shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 990 total population, 503 females, 487 males, 247 married persons, 162 families, 124 married females, 123 married males, 37 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 706 single persons under 18, 357 single males under 18, 349 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 160 occupied houses, 159 inhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,585 bushels of potatoes, 5,252 bushels of oats, 2,030 acres of hay crops, 2,017 tons of hay, 1,533 bushels of turnips, 853 bushels of buckwheat, 840 bushels of spring wheat, 252 acres of potatoes, 224 bushels of barley, 69 acres of wheat, 58 bushels of peas and beans, 18 bushels of other root crops, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 196 fathoms of fishing nets, 112 quintals of cod, 53 gallons of fish oil, 21 barrels of herring or alewives, 20 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 7 men on fishing boats, 5 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 990 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:
NS008013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS032007— 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). "Guysborough Intervale, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/guysborough-intervale-ns008013-1881/.