Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Inverness
Margarie, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Margarie was a census subdivision in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.387°N, 61.116°W.
Population
In 1881, Margarie had a population of 1,757: 857 male and 900 female residents. Population density was 28.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,442 |
| 1881 | 1,757 |
| 1891 | 1,743 |
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, Margarie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 271 |
| Number of families | 271 |
| Number of females | 900 |
| Number of males | 857 |
| Number of married females | 250 |
| Number of married males | 249 |
| Number of married persons | 499 |
| Number of widowed females | 50 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 61 |
| POP TOT | 1,757 |
| Total population | 1,757 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 600 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 597 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,197 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 270 |
| Number of occupied houses | 270 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,357 |
| Acres of potatoes | 279 |
| Acres of wheat | 75 |
| BAR BU | 1,113 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,113 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 97 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 10,003 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,894 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 33,630 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,313 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,392 |
| BWT BU | 97 |
| CRN BU | 14 |
| HAY AC | 2,357 |
| HAY TONS | 2,694 |
| OAT BU | 10,003 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 17 |
| POT AC | 279 |
| POT BU | 33,630 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,694 |
| WHT AC | 75 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,313 |
Fisheries (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 22 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 303 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 665 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 73 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,897 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 937 |
| Number of fishing boats | 63 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 176 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 9 |
| Number of shoremen | 11 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 3,987 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 16 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 481 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 303 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 176 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 63 |
| C UNMD F | 600 |
| C UNMD M | 597 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,197 |
| CD NAME | Inverness |
| COD DX K | 3,987 |
| D OCC | 270 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 16 |
| FEMALE | 900 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 937 |
| GRA BU | 20 |
| GSP XB Q | 22 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 270 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| HAD DX K | 481 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 857 |
| MCK XB Q | 665 |
| MD F | 250 |
| MD M | 249 |
| MD TOT | 499 |
| NET XX F | 4,897 |
| NUMBER CD | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,894 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 11 |
| SLM XB Q | 73 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 1,392 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 9 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 50 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 61 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS004012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036009 — 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). "Margarie, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/margarie-ns004012-1881/.