Local District No. 10, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Local District No. 10 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 485. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.254°N, 64.800°W.
Population
In 1881, Local District No. 10 had a population of 485: 239 male and 246 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 Greenfield, 1871 (71.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Local District No. 10 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 485 total population, 246 females, 239 males, 158 married persons, 83 families, 79 married females, 79 married males, 16 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 311 single persons under 18, 157 single females under 18, 154 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 79 inhabited houses, 79 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,996 bushels of potatoes, 1,702 bushels of turnips, 972 acres of hay crops, 805 tons of hay, 545 bushels of rye, 328 bushels of oats, 316 bushels of barley, 246 bushels of buckwheat, 205 bushels of other root crops, 191 bushels of peas and beans, 165 bushels of spring wheat, 81 bushels of corn, 63 acres of potatoes, 11 acres of wheat, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 208 barrels of gaspareaux, 42 fathoms of fishing nets, 7 barrels of trout, 3 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of herring or alewives, 1 fishing boats, 1 men on fishing boats, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 485 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:
NS012010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012010— 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. 10, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/local-district-no-10-ns012010-1881/.