Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Digby
Marshalls, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Marshalls was a census subdivision in Digby County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,077. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.558°N, 65.740°W.
Population
In 1881, Marshalls had a population of 1,077: 565 male and 512 female residents. Population density was 29.9 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, Marshalls shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 218 |
| Number of families | 218 |
| Number of females | 512 |
| Number of males | 565 |
| Number of married females | 175 |
| Number of married males | 179 |
| Number of married persons | 354 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 17 |
| Number of widowed persons | 50 |
| POP TOT | 1,077 |
| Total population | 1,077 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 304 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 369 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 673 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 214 |
| Number of occupied houses | 215 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,876 |
| Acres of potatoes | 227 |
| Acres of wheat | 134 |
| BAR BU | 1,203 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,203 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,743 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 96 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,499 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,826 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 169 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 16,955 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 184 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 982 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 8,649 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 65 |
| BWT BU | 1,743 |
| CRN BU | 96 |
| HAY AC | 1,876 |
| HAY TONS | 1,789 |
| OAT BU | 2,499 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 169 |
| POT AC | 227 |
| POT BU | 16,955 |
| RYE BU | 184 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,789 |
| WHT AC | 134 |
| WHT SP BU | 982 |
| WHT WTR BU | 65 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 21 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 43 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 71 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 251 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 102 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 3 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 71 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 304 |
| C UNMD M | 369 |
| C UNMD TOT | 673 |
| CD NAME | Digby |
| D OCC | 215 |
| EEL XB Q | 21 |
| FEMALE | 512 |
| GRA BU | 16 |
| GSP XB Q | 43 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 214 |
| HAD DX K | 3 |
| MALE | 565 |
| MCK XB Q | 251 |
| MD F | 175 |
| MD M | 179 |
| MD TOT | 354 |
| NUMBER CD | 15 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,826 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHD XB Q | 102 |
| TUR BU | 8,649 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 17 |
| WID TOT | 50 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS015002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009011 — 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). "Marshalls, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/marshalls-ns015002-1881/.