Lower Horton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Lower Horton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,580. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.081°N, 64.260°W.
Population
In 1881, Lower Horton had a population of 1,580: 780 male and 800 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,519 |
| 1881 | 1,580 |
| 1891 | 1,455 |
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, Lower Horton 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 1,580 total population, 800 females, 780 males, 496 married persons, 300 families, 251 married females, 245 married males, 76 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,008 single persons under 18, 514 single males under 18, 494 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 267 inhabited houses, 267 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 70,059 bushels of potatoes, 13,383 bushels of oats, 6,198 bushels of turnips, 4,255 bushels of spring wheat, 3,587 bushels of other root crops, 3,510 tons of hay, 2,870 acres of hay crops, 676 bushels of buckwheat, 492 bushels of barley, 424 acres of potatoes, 371 bushels of peas and beans, 278 acres of wheat, 266 bushels of rye, 222 bushels of corn, 92 bushels of winter wheat, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,470 fathoms of fishing nets, 20 barrels of salmon, 8 men on fishing boats, 7 barrels of gaspareaux, 5 fishing boats, 5 quintals of cod, 4 shoremen, 4 quintals of fascines fish, 2 barrels of mackerel, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 329 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,580 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:
NS017009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037009— 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). "Lower Horton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lower-horton-ns017009-1881/.