Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Richmond
Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Loch Lomond was a census subdivision in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 437. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.756°N, 60.577°W.
Population
In 1881, Loch Lomond had a population of 437: 197 male and 240 female residents. Population density was 9.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Loch Lomond shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 61 |
| Number of families | 61 |
| Number of females | 240 |
| Number of males | 197 |
| Number of married females | 49 |
| Number of married males | 47 |
| Number of married persons | 96 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 25 |
| POP TOT | 437 |
| Total population | 437 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 171 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 145 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 316 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 61 |
| Number of occupied houses | 61 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 930 |
| Acres of potatoes | 99 |
| Acres of wheat | 2 |
| BAR BU | 104 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 104 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,938 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,128 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 231 |
| BWT BU | 5 |
| HAY AC | 930 |
| HAY TONS | 753 |
| OAT BU | 1,938 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 99 |
| POT BU | 5,128 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 763 |
| WHT AC | 2 |
| WHT SP BU | 16 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 28 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 7 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 280 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 7 |
| Number of fishing boats | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 25 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 28 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 2 |
| C UNMD F | 171 |
| C UNMD M | 145 |
| C UNMD TOT | 316 |
| CD NAME | Richmond |
| COD DX K | 25 |
| D OCC | 61 |
| FEMALE | 240 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 7 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| H INHAB | 61 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| MALE | 197 |
| MCK XB Q | 7 |
| MD F | 49 |
| MD M | 47 |
| MD TOT | 96 |
| NET XX F | 280 |
| NUMBER CD | 7 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2 |
| TUR BU | 231 |
| WID F | 20 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 25 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018010 — 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). "Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/loch-lomond-ns007012-1881/.