Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Halifax (City—Ville)
Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1st Section, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1st Section was a census subdivision in Halifax (City—Ville) County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,221. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.654°N, 63.584°W.
Population
In 1881, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1st Section had a population of 4,221: 1,995 male and 2,226 female residents. Population density was 14249.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 4,788 |
| 1881 | 4,221 |
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, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1st Section shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 880 |
| Number of families | 880 |
| Number of females | 2,226 |
| Number of males | 1,995 |
| Number of married females | 688 |
| Number of married males | 693 |
| Number of married persons | 1,381 |
| Number of widowed females | 207 |
| Number of widowed males | 34 |
| Number of widowed persons | 241 |
| POP TOT | 4,221 |
| Total population | 4,221 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,331 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,268 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,599 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 599 |
| Number of occupied houses | 602 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 9 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 340 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 35 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 10 |
| HAY AC | 9 |
| HAY TONS | 15 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 5 |
| POT AC | 1 |
| POT BU | 35 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 15 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 75 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 20 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 97 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 12 |
| Number of fishing boats | 2 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 4 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 75 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 2 |
| C UNMD F | 1,331 |
| C UNMD M | 1,268 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,599 |
| CD NAME | Halifax (City—Ville) |
| COD DX K | 5 |
| D OCC | 602 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 2,226 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 12 |
| GSP XB Q | 2 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 599 |
| H UNINH | 12 |
| MALE | 1,995 |
| MCK XB Q | 20 |
| MD F | 688 |
| MD M | 693 |
| MD TOT | 1,381 |
| NET XX F | 97 |
| NUMBER CD | 9 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 340 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 10 |
| VESS | 3 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 4 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 1 |
| WID F | 207 |
| WID M | 34 |
| WID TOT | 241 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS009005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009005 — 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. 5, 1st Section, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/halifax-ward-quartier-no-5-1st-section-ns009005-1881/.