Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Lunenburg
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Lunenburg was a census subdivision in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,007. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.378°N, 64.321°W.
Population
In 1881, Lunenburg had a population of 4,007: 2,028 male and 1,979 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 3,231 |
| 1881 | 4,007 |
| 1891 | 4,894 |
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, Lunenburg shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 98 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 788 |
| Number of families | 788 |
| Number of females | 1,979 |
| Number of males | 2,028 |
| Number of married females | 694 |
| Number of married males | 691 |
| Number of married persons | 1,385 |
| Number of widowed females | 91 |
| Number of widowed males | 34 |
| Number of widowed persons | 125 |
| POP TOT | 4,007 |
| Total population | 4,007 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,194 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,303 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,497 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 591 |
| Number of occupied houses | 591 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,326 |
| Acres of potatoes | 384 |
| Acres of wheat | 51 |
| BAR BU | 12,034 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 12,034 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 62 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 34 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,411 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 10,685 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 535 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 42,320 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 363 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 656 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 11,132 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 3 |
| BWT BU | 62 |
| CRN BU | 34 |
| HAY AC | 2,326 |
| HAY TONS | 2,413 |
| OAT BU | 2,411 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 535 |
| POT AC | 384 |
| POT BU | 42,320 |
| RYE BU | 363 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,413 |
| WHT AC | 51 |
| WHT SP BU | 656 |
| WHT WTR BU | 3 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 159 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,166 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,418 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 21,290 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 20,402 |
| Number of fishing boats | 167 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 45 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 232 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 653 |
| Number of shoremen | 62 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 48,013 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 2,193 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,166 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 232 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 167 |
| C UNMD F | 1,194 |
| C UNMD M | 1,303 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,497 |
| CD NAME | Lunenburg |
| COD DX K | 48,013 |
| D OCC | 591 |
| FEMALE | 1,979 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 20,402 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| GSP XB Q | 1 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 591 |
| H UNINH | 7 |
| HAD DX K | 2,193 |
| HAL XB Q | 159 |
| MALE | 2,028 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,418 |
| MD F | 694 |
| MD M | 691 |
| MD TOT | 1,385 |
| NET XX F | 21,290 |
| NUMBER CD | 11 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 10,685 |
| SAR XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 62 |
| SLM XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 11,132 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 653 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 45 |
| WID F | 91 |
| WID M | 34 |
| WID TOT | 125 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS011001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038006 — 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). "Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lunenburg-ns011001-1881/.