Local District No. 12, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Local District No. 12 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.336°N, 64.965°W.
Population
In 1881, Local District No. 12 had a population of 904: 449 male and 455 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 Caledonia, 1871 (46.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Local District No. 12 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 904 total population, 455 females, 449 males, 269 married persons, 149 families, 135 married males, 134 married females, 38 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 597 single persons under 18, 300 single females under 18, 297 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 149 occupied houses, 148 inhabited houses, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,938 bushels of potatoes, 4,108 bushels of oats, 2,998 bushels of turnips, 2,251 tons of hay, 2,131 bushels of barley, 2,001 acres of hay crops, 1,625 bushels of rye, 793 bushels of buckwheat, 520 bushels of spring wheat, 373 bushels of other root crops, 251 bushels of peas and beans, 97 acres of potatoes, 43 bushels of corn, 26 acres of wheat, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 62 barrels of gaspareaux, 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 904 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:
NS012012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012012— 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. 12, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/local-district-no-12-ns012012-1881/.