Local District No. 1, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Local District No. 1 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,387. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.038°N, 64.744°W.
Population
In 1881, Local District No. 1 had a population of 1,387: 659 male and 728 female residents.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Liverpool, T-V, 1871 (7.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Liverpool, T-V, 1891 (37.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Local District No. 1 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,387 total population, 728 females, 659 males, 488 married persons, 271 families, 250 married females, 238 married males, 80 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 819 single persons under 18, 419 single females under 18, 400 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 251 inhabited houses, 251 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,726 bushels of potatoes, 875 bushels of other root crops, 714 bushels of turnips, 628 bushels of barley, 553 tons of hay, 349 acres of hay crops, 254 bushels of oats, 133 bushels of peas and beans, 73 bushels of spring wheat, 62 acres of potatoes, 32 bushels of buckwheat, 25 bushels of corn, 15 bushels of winter wheat, 6 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,571 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,938 quintals of cod, 1,713 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,232 barrels of mackerel, 1,161 gallons of fish oil, 289 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 101 men on fishing boats, 74 fishing boats, 25 men on fishing vessels, 18 shoremen, 7 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 fishing vessels, 2 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,914 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:
NS012001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012001— 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). "Local District No. 1, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/local-district-no-1-ns012001-1881/.