Maitland, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Maitland was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,766. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6737132. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.240°N, 63.536°W.
Population
In 1881, Maitland had a population of 2,766: 1,430 male and 1,336 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,463 |
| 1881 | 2,766 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Five Mile River, 1891 (45.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained South Maitland, 1891 (18.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Selmah, 1891 (22.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Maitland, 1891 (14.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Maitland shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,766 total population, 1,430 males, 1,336 females, 826 married persons, 480 families, 413 married females, 413 married males, 97 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 26 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,843 single persons under 18, 991 single males under 18, 852 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 472 occupied houses, 464 inhabited houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction, 6 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 42,878 bushels of potatoes, 9,779 bushels of turnips, 6,326 bushels of oats, 6,031 bushels of spring wheat, 4,192 tons of hay, 3,610 bushels of other root crops, 3,112 acres of hay crops, 2,427 bushels of buckwheat, 796 acres of wheat, 363 acres of potatoes, 363 bushels of barley, 248 bushels of peas and beans, 149 bushels of rye, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,093 fathoms of fishing nets, 13 men on fishing boats, 9 fishing boats, 8 quintals of cod, 3 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 169 barrels of shad — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| William Dawson Lawrence | 1817–1886 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,766 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:
NS018012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6737132
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitland,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitland_(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). "Maitland, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/maitland-ns018012-1881/.