Hastings, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Hastings was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,357. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398356. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.708°N, 61.382°W.
Population
In 1881, Hastings had a population of 2,357: 1,154 male and 1,203 female residents.
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 Port Hastings, 1891 (85.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Hawkesbury, Town—Ville, 1891 (14.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Hastings 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 2,357 total population, 1,203 females, 1,154 males, 626 married persons, 388 families, 315 married males, 311 married females, 111 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,620 single persons under 18, 814 single females under 18, 806 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 379 inhabited houses, 379 occupied houses, 8 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 26,704 bushels of potatoes, 7,701 bushels of oats, 2,667 tons of hay, 2,448 acres of hay crops, 993 bushels of turnips, 665 bushels of spring wheat, 489 bushels of barley, 355 acres of potatoes, 279 bushels of other root crops, 249 bushels of buckwheat, 51 acres of wheat, 15 bushels of rye, 4 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 5,681 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,208 barrels of herring or alewives, 467 barrels of mackerel, 162 quintals of cod, 108 men on fishing boats, 74 fishing boats, 46 barrels of gaspareaux, 41 gallons of fish oil, 33 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 6 quintals of fascines fish, 5 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,357 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:
NS004001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS004001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3398356
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). "Hastings, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/hastings-ns004001-1881/.