Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Middle Musquodoboit was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,090. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.012°N, 63.119°W.

Population

In 1881, Middle Musquodoboit had a population of 1,090: 577 male and 513 female residents.

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, Middle Musquodoboit shared boundaries with:

• Gay's River
• Little River
• Lower Stewiacke
• Middle Stewiacke
• Musquodoboit Harbor
• NO DATA
• Upper Musquodoboit
• Wyse's Corner

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,090 total population, 577 males, 513 females, 316 married persons, 181 families, 159 married females, 157 married males, 33 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 741 single persons under 18, 404 single males under 18, 337 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 181 inhabited houses, 181 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 22,244 bushels of potatoes, 7,536 bushels of oats, 4,034 bushels of turnips, 3,858 tons of hay, 3,491 bushels of buckwheat, 3,425 acres of hay crops, 2,062 bushels of spring wheat, 1,333 bushels of other root crops, 330 bushels of barley, 202 acres of wheat, 152 acres of potatoes, 96 bushels of peas and beans, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,090 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: NS010028 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS011021 — 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). "Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/middle-musquodoboit-ns010028-1881/.