Kemptown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Kemptown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 353. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6387158. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.485°N, 63.063°W.

Population

In 1881, Kemptown had a population of 353: 181 male and 172 female residents.

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, Kemptown shared boundaries with:

• Earltown
• Mount Thorn
• New Larig
• North River
• Salmon River
• West Branch River John

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 353 total population, 181 males, 172 females, 105 married persons, 56 families, 53 married males, 52 married females, 7 widowed persons, 5 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 241 single persons under 18, 126 single males under 18, 115 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 54 inhabited houses, 54 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,983 bushels of potatoes, 4,622 bushels of oats, 1,330 bushels of buckwheat, 832 acres of hay crops, 782 tons of hay, 644 bushels of turnips, 380 bushels of spring wheat, 80 bushels of barley, 69 acres of potatoes, 60 bushels of other root crops, 37 acres of wheat, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 353 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: NS019012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS007009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6387158
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemptown,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Kemptown, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kemptown-ns019012-1881/.