Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Main-à-Dieu was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 990. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.985°N, 59.846°W.
Population
In 1881, Main-à-Dieu had a population of 990: 517 male and 473 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 990 |
| 1891 | 1,001 |
| 1901 | 757 |
| 1911 | 521 |
| 1921 | 489 |
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 Mainadieu, 1871 (52.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Main-à-Dieu shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 990 total population, 517 males, 473 females, 276 married persons, 158 families, 139 married females, 137 married males, 33 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 681 single persons under 18, 372 single males under 18, 309 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 155 occupied houses, 154 inhabited houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,560 bushels of potatoes, 568 acres of hay crops, 344 tons of hay, 291 bushels of oats, 257 bushels of turnips, 44 acres of potatoes, 8 bushels of barley, 4 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 14,480 fathoms of fishing nets, 7,760 quintals of cod, 2,847 barrels of herring or alewives, 2,033 gallons of fish oil, 1,956 barrels of mackerel, 873 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 281 men on fishing boats, 146 fishing boats, 21 barrels of salmon, 12 barrels of halibut, 1 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 barrels of other fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 990 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:
NS006010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006023— 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). "Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/main-dieu-ns006010-1881/.