Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Hants
Kempt, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Kempt was a census subdivision in Hants County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,925. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.174°N, 64.078°W.
Population
In 1881, Kempt had a population of 1,925: 942 male and 983 female residents. Population density was 32.3 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, Kempt shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 363 |
| Number of families | 363 |
| Number of females | 983 |
| Number of males | 942 |
| Number of married females | 325 |
| Number of married males | 325 |
| Number of married persons | 650 |
| Number of widowed females | 61 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 76 |
| POP TOT | 1,925 |
| Total population | 1,925 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 597 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 602 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,199 |
Buildings & housing (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 7 |
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 353 |
| Number of occupied houses | 362 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,990 |
| Acres of potatoes | 206 |
| Acres of wheat | 222 |
| BAR BU | 695 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 695 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 562 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 58 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,569 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,252 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 208 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 26,345 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 161 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,746 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,763 |
| BWT BU | 562 |
| CRN BU | 58 |
| HAY AC | 1,990 |
| HAY TONS | 2,334 |
| OAT BU | 5,569 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 208 |
| POT AC | 206 |
| POT BU | 26,345 |
| RYE BU | 161 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,334 |
| WHT AC | 222 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,746 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 189 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 45 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 152 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 223 |
| Number of fishing boats | 9 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 10 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 31 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 20 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 189 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 10 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 9 |
| C UNMD F | 597 |
| C UNMD M | 602 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,199 |
| CD NAME | Hants |
| COD DX K | 31 |
| D OCC | 362 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 20 |
| FEMALE | 983 |
| GRA BU | 13 |
| GSP XB Q | 4 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 353 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| HAD DX K | 1 |
| MALE | 942 |
| MCK XB Q | 1 |
| MD F | 325 |
| MD M | 325 |
| MD TOT | 650 |
| NET XX F | 223 |
| NUMBER CD | 18 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 45 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,252 |
| SHAN | 7 |
| SHD XB Q | 152 |
| TUR BU | 4,763 |
| VESS | 2 |
| WID F | 61 |
| WID M | 15 |
| WID TOT | 76 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS018015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012005 — 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). "Kempt, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kempt-ns018015-1881/.