Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Guysborough
Larry River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Larry River was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 738. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.259°N, 61.403°W.
Population
In 1881, Larry River had a population of 738: 366 male and 372 female residents. Population density was 13.3 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, Larry River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 127 |
| Number of families | 127 |
| Number of females | 372 |
| Number of males | 366 |
| Number of married females | 147 |
| Number of married males | 147 |
| Number of married persons | 294 |
| Number of widowed females | 17 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 21 |
| POP TOT | 738 |
| Total population | 738 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 208 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 215 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 423 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 4 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 117 |
| Number of occupied houses | 121 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 119 |
| Acres of potatoes | 26 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 149 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 23 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,003 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 297 |
| BWT BU | 6 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 119 |
| HAY TONS | 175 |
| OAT BU | 149 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 5 |
| POT AC | 26 |
| POT BU | 2,003 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 175 |
Fisheries (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 11 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 834 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 533 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 8,620 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 872 |
| Number of fishing boats | 72 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 42 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 3 |
| Number of shoremen | 6 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 52,300 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,082 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 372 |
Other recorded variables (38 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 834 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 42 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 72 |
| C UNMD F | 208 |
| C UNMD M | 215 |
| C UNMD TOT | 423 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 2,082 |
| D OCC | 121 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 372 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 872 |
| GSP XB Q | 11 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 117 |
| H UNINH | 17 |
| HAD DX K | 372 |
| HAL XB Q | 5 |
| LOB XC P | 52,300 |
| MALE | 366 |
| MCK XB Q | 533 |
| MD F | 147 |
| MD M | 147 |
| MD TOT | 294 |
| NET XX F | 8,620 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 9 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 23 |
| SHAN | 4 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 6 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 297 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 3 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 17 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 21 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010017_1881 — 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). "Larry River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/larry-river-ns008018-1881/.