Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Inverness
Margaree N. E., Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Margaree N. E. was a census subdivision in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,451. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.397°N, 60.955°W.
Population
In 1881, Margaree N. E. had a population of 1,451: 753 male and 698 female residents. Population density was 16.0 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, Margaree N. E. shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 215 |
| Number of families | 215 |
| Number of females | 698 |
| Number of males | 753 |
| Number of married females | 203 |
| Number of married males | 203 |
| Number of married persons | 406 |
| Number of widowed females | 40 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 53 |
| POP TOT | 1,451 |
| Total population | 1,451 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 455 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 537 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 992 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 215 |
| Number of occupied houses | 215 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,101 |
| Acres of potatoes | 278 |
| Acres of wheat | 146 |
| BAR BU | 339 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 339 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 764 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 11,658 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 130 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 55 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 32,031 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,167 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,313 |
| BWT BU | 764 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 3,101 |
| HAY TONS | 4,235 |
| OAT BU | 11,658 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 55 |
| POT AC | 278 |
| POT BU | 32,031 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,235 |
| WHT AC | 146 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,167 |
Fisheries (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 6 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 455 |
| C UNMD M | 537 |
| C UNMD TOT | 992 |
| CD NAME | Inverness |
| D OCC | 215 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 698 |
| GRA BU | 30 |
| GSP XB Q | 10 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 215 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| MALE | 753 |
| MD F | 203 |
| MD M | 203 |
| MD TOT | 406 |
| NUMBER CD | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 130 |
| SLM XB Q | 2 |
| TRT XB Q | 6 |
| TUR BU | 3,313 |
| WID F | 40 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 53 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS004014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013011 — 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). "Margaree N. E., Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/margaree-n-e-ns004014-1881/.