Marie Joseph, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Marie Joseph was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 919. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.025°N, 62.061°W.
Population
In 1881, Marie Joseph had a population of 919: 477 male and 442 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 776 |
| 1881 | 919 |
| 1891 | 624 |
| 1901 | 547 |
| 1911 | 581 |
| 1921 | 510 |
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 Marie Joseph, 1891 (41.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Liscomb, 1891 (58.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Marie Joseph shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 919 total population, 477 males, 442 females, 324 married persons, 192 families, 163 married males, 161 married females, 33 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 562 single persons under 18, 304 single males under 18, 258 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 179 inhabited houses, 179 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,579 bushels of potatoes, 1,565 bushels of turnips, 494 tons of hay, 293 bushels of other root crops, 243 acres of hay crops, 101 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of oats, 21 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,075 quintals of cod, 2,557 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,086 gallons of fish oil, 350 barrels of herring or alewives, 280 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 234 barrels of gaspareaux, 233 barrels of mackerel, 185 men on fishing boats, 115 fishing boats, 17 men on fishing vessels, 11 barrels of halibut, 4 shoremen, 2 barrels of salmon, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 919 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:
NS008008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010021_1891— 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). "Marie Joseph, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/marie-joseph-ns008008-1881/.