Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Victoria
Ingonish, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Ingonish was a census subdivision in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,088. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.671°N, 60.401°W.
Population
In 1881, Ingonish had a population of 1,088: 566 male and 522 female residents. Population density was 56.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, Ingonish shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 183 |
| Number of families | 183 |
| Number of females | 522 |
| Number of males | 566 |
| Number of married females | 171 |
| Number of married males | 172 |
| Number of married persons | 343 |
| Number of widowed females | 15 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 23 |
| POP TOT | 1,088 |
| Total population | 1,088 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 336 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 386 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 722 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 183 |
| Number of occupied houses | 183 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 15 |
Agriculture (21 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 671 |
| Acres of potatoes | 118 |
| Acres of wheat | 12 |
| BAR BU | 35 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 35 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 418 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 32 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,729 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 144 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 167 |
| HAY AC | 671 |
| HAY TONS | 674 |
| OAT BU | 418 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 118 |
| POT BU | 11,729 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 674 |
| WHT AC | 12 |
| WHT SP BU | 144 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,001 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,861 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 52 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,940 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,283 |
| Number of fishing boats | 166 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 202 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 6 |
| Number of shoremen | 8 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 6,613 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1,190 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,001 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 202 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 166 |
| C UNMD F | 336 |
| C UNMD M | 386 |
| C UNMD TOT | 722 |
| CD NAME | Victoria |
| COD DX K | 6,613 |
| D OCC | 183 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 522 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,283 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 183 |
| H UNINH | 15 |
| HAD DX K | 1,190 |
| HAL XB Q | 4 |
| MALE | 566 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,861 |
| MD F | 171 |
| MD M | 172 |
| MD TOT | 343 |
| NET XX F | 6,940 |
| NUMBER CD | 5 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 32 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 8 |
| SLM XB Q | 52 |
| TUR BU | 167 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 6 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 15 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 23 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS005012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020009_1871 — 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). "Ingonish, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ingonish-ns005012-1881/.