Guysborough Intervale, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Guysborough Intervale was a township in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia (Canada West / Ontario), 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 162 |
| Number of families | 162 |
| Number of females | 503 |
| Number of males | 487 |
| Number of married females | 124 |
| Number of married males | 123 |
| Number of married persons | 247 |
| Number of widowed females | 30 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 37 |
| POP TOT | 990 |
| Total population | 990 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 349 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 357 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 706 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 159 |
| Number of occupied houses | 160 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,030 |
| Acres of potatoes | 252 |
| Acres of wheat | 69 |
| BAR BU | 224 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 224 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 853 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,252 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 58 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 18,585 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 840 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,533 |
| BWT BU | 853 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 2,030 |
| HAY TONS | 2,017 |
| OAT BU | 5,252 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 58 |
| POT AC | 252 |
| POT BU | 18,585 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,017 |
| WHT AC | 69 |
| WHT SP BU | 840 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 21 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 196 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 53 |
| Number of fishing boats | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 7 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 112 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 20 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 21 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 7 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 5 |
| C UNMD F | 349 |
| C UNMD M | 357 |
| C UNMD TOT | 706 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 112 |
| D OCC | 160 |
| FEMALE | 503 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 53 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 159 |
| HAD DX K | 20 |
| MALE | 487 |
| MD F | 124 |
| MD M | 123 |
| MD TOT | 247 |
| NET XX F | 196 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 18 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 1,533 |
| WID F | 30 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 37 |
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/.