Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1st Section, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1st Section was a census subdivision in 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 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:
- Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4
- Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 2nd Section
- Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 6
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,221 total population, 2,226 females, 1,995 males, 1,381 married persons, 880 families, 693 married males, 688 married females, 241 widowed persons, 207 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,599 single persons under 18, 1,331 single females under 18, 1,268 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 602 occupied houses, 599 inhabited houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 340 bushels of other root crops, 35 bushels of potatoes, 15 tons of hay, 10 bushels of turnips, 9 acres of hay crops, 5 bushels of peas and beans, 1 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 97 fathoms of fishing nets, 75 barrels of herring or alewives, 20 barrels of mackerel, 12 gallons of fish oil, 5 quintals of cod, 4 men on fishing vessels, 2 barrels of gaspareaux, 2 fishing boats, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 barrels of eels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad, 1 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,220 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:
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/.