Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Guysborough
Manchester, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Manchester was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,438. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.475°N, 61.456°W.
Population
In 1881, Manchester had a population of 1,438: 729 male and 709 female residents. Population density was 18.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, Manchester shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 261 |
| Number of families | 261 |
| Number of females | 709 |
| Number of males | 729 |
| Number of married females | 212 |
| Number of married males | 213 |
| Number of married persons | 425 |
| Number of widowed females | 38 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 57 |
| POP TOT | 1,438 |
| Total population | 1,438 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 459 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 497 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 956 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 261 |
| Number of occupied houses | 261 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,743 |
| Acres of potatoes | 301 |
| Acres of wheat | 290 |
| BAR BU | 2,423 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,423 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,106 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,273 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 137 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 66 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 32,745 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,817 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,024 |
| BWT BU | 1,106 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 3,743 |
| HAY TONS | 4,286 |
| OAT BU | 7,273 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 66 |
| POT AC | 301 |
| POT BU | 32,745 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,286 |
| WHT AC | 290 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,817 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,330 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,830 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 12,157 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 177 |
| Number of fishing boats | 81 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 120 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,104 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 20 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,330 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 120 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 81 |
| C UNMD F | 459 |
| C UNMD M | 497 |
| C UNMD TOT | 956 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 1,104 |
| D OCC | 261 |
| FEMALE | 709 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 177 |
| GSP XB Q | 9 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 261 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| HAD DX K | 20 |
| MALE | 729 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,830 |
| MD F | 212 |
| MD M | 213 |
| MD TOT | 425 |
| NET XX F | 12,157 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 137 |
| SLM XB Q | 10 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 1,024 |
| WID F | 38 |
| WID M | 19 |
| WID TOT | 57 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS044017 — 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). "Manchester, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/manchester-ns008011-1881/.