Haggett's Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Haggett's Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,176. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.556°N, 63.872°W.
Population
In 1881, Haggett's Cove had a population of 1,176: 627 male and 549 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,009 |
| 1881 | 1,176 |
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, Haggett's Cove shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,176 total population, 627 males, 549 females, 401 married persons, 216 families, 202 married males, 199 married females, 44 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 731 single persons under 18, 403 single males under 18, 328 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 199 occupied houses, 198 inhabited houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,191 bushels of potatoes, 593 bushels of barley, 570 bushels of other root crops, 426 bushels of turnips, 337 tons of hay, 170 acres of hay crops, 166 bushels of oats, 104 acres of potatoes, 33 bushels of spring wheat, 2 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 44,180 fathoms of fishing nets, 4,994 quintals of cod, 4,959 barrels of mackerel, 3,593 gallons of fish oil, 2,715 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2,258 barrels of herring or alewives, 351 men on fishing boats, 336 fishing boats, 58 barrels of gaspareaux, 40 men on fishing vessels, 20 barrels of salmon, 6 fishing vessels, 4 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,176 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:
NS010008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010008— 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). "Haggett's Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/haggett-s-cove-ns010008-1881/.