Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Kentville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Kentville was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,125. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.964°N, 64.515°W.
Population
In 1881, Kentville had a population of 2,125: 1,051 male and 1,074 female residents. Population density was 18.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,779 |
| 1881 | 2,125 |
| 1891 | 2,526 |
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, Kentville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 415 |
| Number of families | 415 |
| Number of females | 1,074 |
| Number of males | 1,051 |
| Number of married females | 341 |
| Number of married males | 335 |
| Number of married persons | 676 |
| Number of widowed females | 68 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 89 |
| POP TOT | 2,125 |
| Total population | 2,125 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 665 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 695 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,360 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 392 |
| Number of occupied houses | 393 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,759 |
| Acres of potatoes | 721 |
| Acres of wheat | 342 |
| BAR BU | 235 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 235 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,786 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 411 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,435 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,505 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 337 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 104,682 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 670 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,353 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 12,548 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 492 |
| BWT BU | 1,786 |
| CRN BU | 411 |
| HAY AC | 3,759 |
| HAY TONS | 4,033 |
| OAT BU | 8,435 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 337 |
| POT AC | 721 |
| POT BU | 104,682 |
| RYE BU | 670 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,033 |
| WHT AC | 342 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,353 |
| WHT WTR BU | 492 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 180 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 5 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,120 |
| Number of fishing boats | 6 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 19 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 19 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 6 |
| C UNMD F | 665 |
| C UNMD M | 695 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,360 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| D OCC | 393 |
| EEL XB Q | 10 |
| FEMALE | 1,074 |
| GRA BU | 6 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 392 |
| H UNINH | 7 |
| MALE | 1,051 |
| MD F | 341 |
| MD M | 335 |
| MD TOT | 676 |
| NET XX F | 1,120 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,505 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHD XB Q | 180 |
| SLM XB Q | 6 |
| TRT XB Q | 5 |
| TUR BU | 12,548 |
| WID F | 68 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 89 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037006 — 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). "Kentville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kentville-ns017006-1881/.