Local District No. 2, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Local District No. 2 was a census subdivision in Queen's County, 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, 1871 (12.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Liverpool, 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 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 261 |
| Number of families | 261 |
| Number of females | 666 |
| Number of males | 627 |
| Number of married females | 230 |
| Number of married males | 228 |
| Number of married persons | 458 |
| Number of widowed females | 57 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 71 |
| POP TOT | 1,293 |
| Total population | 1,293 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 379 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 385 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 764 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 243 |
| Number of occupied houses | 243 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 141 |
| Acres of potatoes | 40 |
| Acres of wheat | 5 |
| BAR BU | 58 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 58 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 89 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 626 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 42 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,967 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 71 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 394 |
| BWT BU | 18 |
| CRN BU | 14 |
| HAY AC | 141 |
| HAY TONS | 160 |
| OAT BU | 89 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 42 |
| POT AC | 40 |
| POT BU | 6,967 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 160 |
| WHT AC | 5 |
| WHT SP BU | 71 |
Fisheries (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 545 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 213 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 22 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,610 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,090 |
| Number of fishing boats | 37 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 76 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 39 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 38,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,466 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 163 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 545 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 76 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 37 |
| C UNMD F | 379 |
| C UNMD M | 385 |
| C UNMD TOT | 764 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 2,466 |
| D OCC | 243 |
| EEL XB Q | 7 |
| FEMALE | 666 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,090 |
| GSP XB Q | 5 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 243 |
| H UNINH | 12 |
| HAD DX K | 163 |
| HAL XB Q | 8 |
| LOB XC P | 38,000 |
| MALE | 627 |
| MCK XB Q | 213 |
| MD F | 230 |
| MD M | 228 |
| MD TOT | 458 |
| NET XX F | 1,610 |
| NUMBER CD | 12 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 22 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 626 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 394 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 39 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 4 |
| WID F | 57 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 71 |
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/.