Local District No. 2, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Local District No. 2 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,293. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.007°N, 64.702°W.
Population
In 1881, Local District No. 2 had a population of 1,293: 627 male and 666 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 (12.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Liverpool, T-V, 1891 (63.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Local District No. 2 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,293 total population, 666 females, 627 males, 458 married persons, 261 families, 230 married females, 228 married males, 71 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 764 single persons under 18, 385 single males under 18, 379 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 243 inhabited houses, 243 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,967 bushels of potatoes, 626 bushels of other root crops, 394 bushels of turnips, 160 tons of hay, 141 acres of hay crops, 89 bushels of oats, 71 bushels of spring wheat, 58 bushels of barley, 42 bushels of peas and beans, 40 acres of potatoes, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 14 bushels of corn, 5 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,466 quintals of cod, 1,610 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,090 gallons of fish oil, 545 barrels of herring or alewives, 213 barrels of mackerel, 163 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 76 men on fishing boats, 39 men on fishing vessels, 37 fishing boats, 22 barrels of other fish, 8 barrels of halibut, 7 barrels of eels, 5 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 38,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,293 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:
NS012002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012002— 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. 2, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/local-district-no-2-ns012002-1881/.