L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
L'Ardoise was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,966. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.634°N, 60.739°W.
Population
In 1881, L'Ardoise had a population of 1,966: 994 male and 972 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,672 |
| 1881 | 1,966 |
| 1891 | 858 |
| 1901 | 885 |
| 1911 | 780 |
| 1921 | 694 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Upper l’Ardoise, 1891 (47.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained L'Ardoise, 1891 (52.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, L'Ardoise 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 1,966 total population, 994 males, 972 females, 674 married persons, 351 families, 337 married females, 337 married males, 81 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,211 single persons under 18, 632 single males under 18, 579 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 351 inhabited houses, 351 occupied houses, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 21,936 bushels of potatoes, 1,698 tons of hay, 1,101 bushels of turnips, 1,002 acres of hay crops, 708 bushels of oats, 412 acres of potatoes, 391 bushels of other root crops, 94 bushels of peas and beans, 10 bushels of barley, 8 bushels of buckwheat, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 39,142 fathoms of fishing nets, 5,168 quintals of cod, 5,095 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 3,090 gallons of fish oil, 2,658 barrels of mackerel, 1,870 barrels of herring or alewives, 597 men on fishing boats, 351 fishing boats, 212 shoremen, 37 men on fishing vessels, 18 barrels of halibut, 12 barrels of salmon, 10 barrels of gaspareaux, 8 fishing vessels, 3 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 126,600 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,966 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:
NS007010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018009— 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). "L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/l-ardoise-ns007010-1881/.