Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Yarmouth
Kemptville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Kemptville was a census subdivision in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 443. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.094°N, 65.792°W.
Population
In 1881, Kemptville had a population of 443: 245 male and 198 female residents. Population density was 9.8 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, Kemptville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 74 |
| Number of families | 74 |
| Number of females | 198 |
| Number of males | 245 |
| Number of married females | 73 |
| Number of married males | 73 |
| Number of married persons | 146 |
| Number of widowed females | 5 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 8 |
| POP TOT | 443 |
| Total population | 443 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 120 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 169 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 289 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 70 |
| Number of occupied houses | 70 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 908 |
| Acres of potatoes | 48 |
| Acres of wheat | 10 |
| BAR BU | 60 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 264 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 100 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 173 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 320 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 247 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,039 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 138 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,395 |
| BWT BU | 264 |
| CRN BU | 100 |
| HAY AC | 908 |
| HAY TONS | 898 |
| OAT BU | 173 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 247 |
| POT AC | 48 |
| POT BU | 4,039 |
| RYE BU | 6 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 898 |
| WHT AC | 10 |
| WHT SP BU | 138 |
Fisheries (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 7 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 41 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 1 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 400 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 1 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 120 |
| C UNMD M | 169 |
| C UNMD TOT | 289 |
| CD NAME | Yarmouth |
| COD DX K | 400 |
| D OCC | 70 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 198 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 41 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| GSP XB Q | 7 |
| H INHAB | 70 |
| H UNINH | 16 |
| MALE | 245 |
| MD F | 73 |
| MD M | 73 |
| MD TOT | 146 |
| NUMBER CD | 14 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 320 |
| TUR BU | 2,395 |
| WID F | 5 |
| WID M | 3 |
| WID TOT | 8 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS014006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS021010 — 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). "Kemptville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kemptville-ns014006-1881/.