Guysborough, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Guysborough was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,703. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3122367. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.355°N, 61.556°W.
Population
In 1881, Guysborough had a population of 1,703: 847 male and 856 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,703 |
| 1891 | 1,546 |
| 1901 | 1,411 |
| 1911 | 1,218 |
| 1921 | 1,097 |
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 Polling District, 1871 (47.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Guysborough shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,703 total population, 856 females, 847 males, 515 married persons, 302 families, 258 married males, 257 married females, 79 widowed persons, 60 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,109 single persons under 18, 570 single males under 18, 539 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 295 occupied houses, 273 inhabited houses, 21 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 8 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 22,129 bushels of potatoes, 2,643 bushels of oats, 1,945 tons of hay, 1,312 acres of hay crops, 1,282 bushels of turnips, 480 bushels of buckwheat, 471 bushels of other root crops, 355 bushels of spring wheat, 181 acres of potatoes, 85 bushels of barley, 83 bushels of peas and beans, 26 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,054 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,264 barrels of mackerel, 795 quintals of cod, 634 barrels of herring or alewives, 201 gallons of fish oil, 143 barrels of gaspareaux, 99 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 84 men on fishing boats, 73 fishing boats, 50 barrels of other fish, 21 barrels of salmon, 13 men on fishing vessels, 3 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 3 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Stewart Campbell | 1812–1885 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,703 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:
NS008001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010010_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3122367
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Guysborough
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guysborough
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, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/guysborough-ns008001-1881/.