Lunenburg, T-V, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Lunenburg, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,007. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q105441. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.378°N, 64.321°W.
Population
In 1881, Lunenburg, T-V 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 |
| 1901 | 2,916 |
| 1911 | 2,681 |
| 1921 | 2,792 |
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, T-V 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 4,007 total population, 2,028 males, 1,979 females, 1,385 married persons, 788 families, 694 married females, 691 married males, 125 widowed persons, 91 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,497 single persons under 18, 1,303 single males under 18, 1,194 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 591 inhabited houses, 591 occupied houses, 7 houses under construction, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 42,320 bushels of potatoes, 12,034 bushels of barley, 11,132 bushels of turnips, 10,685 bushels of other root crops, 2,413 tons of hay, 2,411 bushels of oats, 2,326 acres of hay crops, 656 bushels of spring wheat, 535 bushels of peas and beans, 384 acres of potatoes, 363 bushels of rye, 62 bushels of buckwheat, 51 acres of wheat, 34 bushels of corn, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 48,013 quintals of cod, 21,290 fathoms of fishing nets, 20,402 gallons of fish oil, 2,193 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 1,418 barrels of mackerel, 1,166 barrels of herring or alewives, 653 men on fishing vessels, 232 men on fishing boats, 167 fishing boats, 159 barrels of halibut, 62 shoremen, 45 fishing vessels, 2 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Jabez Bunting Snowball | 1837–1907 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,007 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:
NS011001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS015044— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q105441
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunenburg,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunenburg_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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, T-V, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lunenburg-t-v-ns011001-1881/.