Lower Londonderry, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Lower Londonderry was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,571. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.452°N, 63.744°W.
Population
In 1881, Lower Londonderry had a population of 1,571: 806 male and 765 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,587 |
| 1881 | 1,571 |
| 1891 | 953 |
| 1901 | 910 |
| 1911 | 844 |
| 1921 | 936 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Lower Londonderry, 1871 (75.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Lower Londonderry shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,571 total population, 806 males, 765 females, 533 married persons, 284 families, 269 married females, 264 married males, 46 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 992 single persons under 18, 530 single males under 18, 462 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 279 inhabited houses, 279 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 38,800 bushels of potatoes, 7,699 bushels of oats, 3,976 bushels of buckwheat, 3,366 tons of hay, 3,187 bushels of spring wheat, 2,849 bushels of turnips, 2,466 acres of hay crops, 719 bushels of other root crops, 247 acres of potatoes, 208 acres of wheat, 192 bushels of peas and beans, 139 bushels of barley, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of corn, 2 bushels of winter wheat, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,571 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:
NS019003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS007010_1901— 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 Londonderry, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lower-londonderry-ns019003-1881/.