Lingan, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Lingan was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,125. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.175°N, 60.046°W.
Population
In 1881, Lingan had a population of 4,125: 2,042 male and 2,083 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 4,125 |
| 1891 | 1,868 |
| 1901 | 825 |
| 1911 | 3,136 |
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 Glace Bay, T-V, 1891 (20.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lingan, 1891 (34.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Bridgeport, 1891 (45.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Lingan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,125 total population, 2,083 females, 2,042 males, 1,184 married persons, 714 families, 594 married females, 590 married males, 138 widowed persons, 103 widowed females, 35 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,803 single persons under 18, 1,417 single males under 18, 1,386 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 704 inhabited houses, 704 occupied houses, 40 uninhabited houses, 17 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 33,739 bushels of potatoes, 9,690 bushels of oats, 3,321 bushels of turnips, 1,656 bushels of spring wheat, 1,610 tons of hay, 768 acres of hay crops, 647 bushels of barley, 309 acres of potatoes, 102 acres of wheat, 38 bushels of other root crops, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 7,717 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,561 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,011 quintals of cod, 409 gallons of fish oil, 114 men on fishing boats, 95 fishing boats, 31 barrels of mackerel, 14 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 11 men on fishing vessels, 9 barrels of halibut, 8 shoremen, 3 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,125 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:
NS006009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS040011— 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). "Lingan, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lingan-ns006009-1881/.