Louis Head, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Louis Head was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 988. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.803°N, 65.020°W.
Population
In 1881, Louis Head had a population of 988: 522 male and 466 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 917 |
| 1881 | 988 |
| 1891 | 1,000 |
| 1901 | 927 |
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, Louis Head shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 988 total population, 522 males, 466 females, 321 married persons, 180 families, 161 married females, 160 married males, 54 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 613 single persons under 18, 343 single males under 18, 270 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 178 inhabited houses, 178 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,877 bushels of potatoes, 1,203 tons of hay, 1,085 bushels of turnips, 906 bushels of other root crops, 749 acres of hay crops, 699 bushels of barley, 382 bushels of oats, 195 acres of potatoes, 188 bushels of peas and beans, 45 bushels of corn, 16 bushels of spring wheat, 11 bushels of buckwheat, 4 bushels of rye, 3 bushels of winter wheat, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,144 quintals of cod, 3,763 gallons of fish oil, 3,038 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,693 barrels of other fish, 629 barrels of herring or alewives, 307 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 169 men on fishing boats, 124 fishing boats, 95 men on fishing vessels, 29 shoremen, 28 barrels of halibut, 18 barrels of mackerel, 12 fishing vessels, 9 barrels of eels, 4 barrels of gaspareaux, 3 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 988 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:
NS013007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS040014— 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). "Louis Head, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/louis-head-ns013007-1881/.