Local District No. 9, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Name: Local District No. 9 (1881)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Local District No. 9 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 996. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.179°N, 64.697°W.

Population

In 1881, Local District No. 9 had a population of 996: 508 male and 488 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 Port Medway, 1871 (70.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Local District No. 9 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 996 total population, 508 males, 488 females, 307 married persons, 173 families, 154 married females, 153 married males, 39 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 650 single persons under 18, 343 single males under 18, 307 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 166 inhabited houses, 166 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,669 bushels of potatoes, 674 bushels of turnips, 621 tons of hay, 546 bushels of other root crops, 537 acres of hay crops, 500 bushels of barley, 248 bushels of rye, 244 bushels of peas and beans, 147 bushels of spring wheat, 137 bushels of oats, 88 acres of potatoes, 29 bushels of corn, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 7 acres of wheat, 5 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,986 fathoms of fishing nets, 628 quintals of cod, 404 barrels of gaspareaux, 273 gallons of fish oil, 174 barrels of herring or alewives, 59 men on fishing boats, 56 barrels of mackerel, 30 fishing boats, 30 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 27 barrels of eels, 5 barrels of salmon, 2 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 996 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: NS012009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS012009 — 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. 9, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/local-district-no-9-ns012009-1881/.