Manchester, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Manchester was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,644 |
| 1881 | 1,438 |
| 1891 | 1,310 |
| 1901 | 1,133 |
| 1911 | 895 |
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 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,438 total population, 729 males, 709 females, 425 married persons, 261 families, 213 married males, 212 married females, 57 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 956 single persons under 18, 497 single males under 18, 459 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 261 inhabited houses, 261 occupied houses, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 32,745 bushels of potatoes, 7,273 bushels of oats, 4,286 tons of hay, 3,743 acres of hay crops, 2,423 bushels of barley, 1,817 bushels of spring wheat, 1,106 bushels of buckwheat, 1,024 bushels of turnips, 301 acres of potatoes, 290 acres of wheat, 137 bushels of other root crops, 66 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 12,157 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,830 barrels of mackerel, 1,330 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,104 quintals of cod, 177 gallons of fish oil, 120 men on fishing boats, 81 fishing boats, 20 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 10 barrels of salmon, 9 barrels of gaspareaux, 2 barrels of other fish, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,438 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:
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/.