Musquodoboit Harbor, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Musquodoboit Harbor was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.792°N, 63.196°W.
Population
In 1881, Musquodoboit Harbor had a population of 1,384: 740 male and 644 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,151 |
| 1881 | 1,384 |
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 Polling District No. 36, 1891 (20.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Polling District No. 37, 1891 (64.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Musquodoboit Harbor shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,384 total population, 740 males, 644 females, 411 married persons, 226 families, 206 married females, 205 married males, 56 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 917 single persons under 18, 513 single males under 18, 404 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 222 occupied houses, 221 inhabited houses, 21 houses under construction, 11 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,370 bushels of potatoes, 2,156 bushels of turnips, 1,476 tons of hay, 1,063 acres of hay crops, 970 bushels of oats, 868 bushels of barley, 758 bushels of other root crops, 204 bushels of spring wheat, 98 bushels of buckwheat, 92 acres of potatoes, 53 bushels of peas and beans, 13 acres of wheat, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 6,543 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,966 quintals of cod, 1,690 gallons of fish oil, 622 barrels of herring or alewives, 268 barrels of gaspareaux, 236 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 153 barrels of mackerel, 127 men on fishing boats, 85 fishing boats, 31 barrels of eels, 13 barrels of halibut, 12 men on fishing vessels, 2 barrels of other fish, 2 fishing vessels, 1 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 54,330 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| George Herbert Sedgewick | 1878–1939 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,384 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:
NS010021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010021— 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). "Musquodoboit Harbor, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/musquodoboit-harbor-ns010021-1881/.