Local District No. 7, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Local District No. 7 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 665. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.078°N, 64.613°W.
Population
In 1881, Local District No. 7 had a population of 665: 346 male and 319 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 Bristol, 1871 (53.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Local District No. 7 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 665 total population, 346 males, 319 females, 277 married persons, 139 married females, 138 married males, 135 families, 21 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 367 single persons under 18, 202 single males under 18, 165 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 114 inhabited houses, 114 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 9,904 bushels of potatoes, 1,311 bushels of barley, 1,054 bushels of turnips, 709 tons of hay, 678 acres of hay crops, 535 bushels of other root crops, 80 bushels of oats, 54 acres of potatoes, 51 bushels of peas and beans, 7 bushels of spring wheat, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,464 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,015 quintals of cod, 969 barrels of herring or alewives, 418 gallons of fish oil, 135 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 120 barrels of mackerel, 105 men on fishing boats, 70 fishing boats, 8 men on fishing vessels, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 665 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:
NS012007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012007— 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. 7, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/local-district-no-7-ns012007-1881/.