Local District No. 13, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Local District No. 13 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 490. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.405°N, 65.117°W.
Population
In 1881, Local District No. 13 had a population of 490: 269 male and 221 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 (53.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Local District No. 13 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 490 total population, 269 males, 221 females, 189 married persons, 95 married females, 94 married males, 89 families, 9 widowed persons, 5 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 292 single persons under 18, 170 single males under 18, 122 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 86 inhabited houses, 86 occupied houses, 2 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,144 bushels of potatoes, 3,884 bushels of oats, 1,622 acres of hay crops, 1,570 bushels of turnips, 1,317 tons of hay, 1,296 bushels of barley, 851 bushels of buckwheat, 744 bushels of rye, 576 bushels of spring wheat, 470 bushels of other root crops, 298 bushels of peas and beans, 75 acres of potatoes, 59 bushels of corn, 51 acres of wheat, 11 bushels of winter wheat, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 22 barrels of gaspareaux, 5 quintals of cod, 3 barrels of other fish, 2 barrels of trout, 1 gallons of fish oil. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 490 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:
NS012013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012013— 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. 13, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/local-district-no-13-ns012013-1881/.