Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Inverness
Lake Ainslie E., Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Lake Ainslie E. was a census subdivision in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 742. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.105°N, 61.092°W.
Population
In 1881, Lake Ainslie E. had a population of 742: 354 male and 388 female residents. Population density was 8.1 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, Lake Ainslie E. shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 106 |
| Number of families | 106 |
| Number of females | 388 |
| Number of males | 354 |
| Number of married females | 88 |
| Number of married males | 88 |
| Number of married persons | 176 |
| Number of widowed females | 19 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 28 |
| POP TOT | 742 |
| Total population | 742 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 281 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 257 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 538 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 106 |
| Number of occupied houses | 106 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 904 |
| Acres of potatoes | 146 |
| Acres of wheat | 20 |
| BAR BU | 588 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 588 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 721 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 36 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 9,874 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 71 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,014 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 196 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 331 |
| BWT BU | 721 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 904 |
| HAY TONS | 1,134 |
| OAT BU | 9,874 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 20 |
| POT AC | 146 |
| POT BU | 11,014 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,134 |
| WHT AC | 20 |
| WHT SP BU | 196 |
Fisheries (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 12 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 65 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 3 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 7 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 281 |
| C UNMD M | 257 |
| C UNMD TOT | 538 |
| CD NAME | Inverness |
| D OCC | 106 |
| EEL XB Q | 10 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 7 |
| FEMALE | 388 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 3 |
| GRA BU | 36 |
| GSP XB Q | 3 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 106 |
| MALE | 354 |
| MD F | 88 |
| MD M | 88 |
| MD TOT | 176 |
| NET XX F | 65 |
| NUMBER CD | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 71 |
| TRT XB Q | 12 |
| TUR BU | 331 |
| WID F | 19 |
| WID M | 9 |
| WID TOT | 28 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS004016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013007 — 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). "Lake Ainslie E., Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lake-ainslie-e-ns004016-1881/.