Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 1, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 1 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 7,998. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.632°N, 63.577°W.

Population

In 1881, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 1 had a population of 7,998: 3,413 male and 4,585 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 1, 1891 (83.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 1 shared boundaries with:

• Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 2

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 7,998 total population, 4,585 females, 3,413 males, 2,190 married persons, 1,317 families, 1,107 married females, 1,083 married males, 468 widowed persons, 372 widowed females, 96 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 5,340 single persons under 18, 3,106 single females under 18, 2,234 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,082 inhabited houses, 1,082 occupied houses, 72 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,954 bushels of potatoes, 745 bushels of other root crops, 447 bushels of turnips, 142 tons of hay, 121 bushels of oats, 87 acres of hay crops, 69 bushels of peas and beans, 22 acres of potatoes, 19 bushels of corn, 15 bushels of spring wheat, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 120 fathoms of fishing nets, 40 quintals of cod, 20 barrels of herring or alewives, 18 men on fishing vessels, 5 barrels of mackerel, 2 fishing boats, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

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.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 8,001 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: NS009001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS033001 — 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). "Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 1, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/halifax-ward-quartier-no-1-ns009001-1881/.