Mills, Village, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Mills, Village was a village in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,340. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.469°N, 64.302°W.
Population
In 1881, Mills, Village had a population of 3,340: 1,733 male and 1,607 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,483 |
| 1881 | 3,340 |
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 Parrsboro, T-V, 1891 (3.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Mills, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,340 total population, 1,733 males, 1,607 females, 1,074 married persons, 611 families, 537 married females, 537 married males, 107 widowed persons, 79 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,159 single persons under 18, 1,168 single males under 18, 991 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 576 occupied houses, 575 inhabited houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 83,943 bushels of potatoes, 19,975 bushels of oats, 8,631 bushels of buckwheat, 4,507 tons of hay, 4,019 acres of hay crops, 3,606 bushels of turnips, 1,745 bushels of spring wheat, 912 bushels of other root crops, 591 acres of potatoes, 558 bushels of barley, 191 acres of wheat, 82 bushels of peas and beans, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,340 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:
NS022013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS022013— 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). "Mills, Village, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/mills-village-ns022013-1881/.