Ingonish, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Ingonish was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 800 |
| 1881 | 1,088 |
| 1891 | 1,266 |
| 1901 | 954 |
| 1911 | 966 |
| 1921 | 1,039 |
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 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,088 total population, 566 males, 522 females, 343 married persons, 183 families, 172 married males, 171 married females, 23 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 722 single persons under 18, 386 single males under 18, 336 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 183 inhabited houses, 183 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,729 bushels of potatoes, 674 tons of hay, 671 acres of hay crops, 418 bushels of oats, 167 bushels of turnips, 144 bushels of spring wheat, 118 acres of potatoes, 35 bushels of barley, 32 bushels of other root crops, 12 acres of wheat, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 6,940 fathoms of fishing nets, 6,613 quintals of cod, 1,861 barrels of mackerel, 1,283 gallons of fish oil, 1,190 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 1,001 barrels of herring or alewives, 202 men on fishing boats, 166 fishing boats, 52 barrels of salmon, 8 shoremen, 6 men on fishing vessels, 4 barrels of halibut, 1 fishing vessels, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,088 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:
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/.