Marshall, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Marshall, Town—Ville was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,077. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6773870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.558°N, 65.740°W.
Population
In 1881, Marshall, Town—Ville had a population of 1,077: 565 male and 512 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,077 |
| 1891 | 1,036 |
| 1901 | 1,199 |
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, Marshall, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,077 total population, 565 males, 512 females, 354 married persons, 218 families, 179 married males, 175 married females, 50 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 673 single persons under 18, 369 single males under 18, 304 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 215 occupied houses, 214 inhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,955 bushels of potatoes, 8,649 bushels of turnips, 2,499 bushels of oats, 1,876 acres of hay crops, 1,826 bushels of other root crops, 1,789 tons of hay, 1,743 bushels of buckwheat, 1,203 bushels of barley, 982 bushels of spring wheat, 227 acres of potatoes, 184 bushels of rye, 169 bushels of peas and beans, 134 acres of wheat, 96 bushels of corn, 65 bushels of winter wheat, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 251 barrels of mackerel, 71 barrels of herring or alewives, 43 barrels of gaspareaux, 21 barrels of eels, 3 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 102 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,077 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:
NS015002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS031011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6773870
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). "Marshall, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/marshall-town-ville-ns015002-1881/.