Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Victoria
New Campbellton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
New Campbellton was a census subdivision in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 482. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.293°N, 60.460°W.
Population
In 1881, New Campbellton had a population of 482: 236 male and 246 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, New Campbellton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 76 |
| Number of families | 76 |
| Number of females | 246 |
| Number of males | 236 |
| Number of married females | 52 |
| Number of married males | 53 |
| Number of married persons | 105 |
| Number of widowed females | 17 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 25 |
| POP TOT | 482 |
| Total population | 482 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 177 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 175 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 352 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 75 |
| Number of occupied houses | 76 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (21 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 284 |
| Acres of potatoes | 64 |
| Acres of wheat | 10 |
| BAR BU | 94 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 94 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,498 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,391 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 219 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 24 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 284 |
| HAY TONS | 416 |
| OAT BU | 3,498 |
| POT AC | 64 |
| POT BU | 7,391 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 416 |
| WHT AC | 10 |
| WHT SP BU | 219 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 324 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 30 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,034 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 382 |
| Number of fishing boats | 59 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 69 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,195 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 85 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 324 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 69 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 59 |
| C UNMD F | 177 |
| C UNMD M | 175 |
| C UNMD TOT | 352 |
| CD NAME | Victoria |
| COD DX K | 1,195 |
| D OCC | 76 |
| FEMALE | 246 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 382 |
| GRA BU | 15 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 75 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAD DX K | 85 |
| HAL XB Q | 9 |
| MALE | 236 |
| MCK XB Q | 30 |
| MD F | 52 |
| MD M | 53 |
| MD TOT | 105 |
| NET XX F | 2,034 |
| NUMBER CD | 5 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 5 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 24 |
| WID F | 17 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 25 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS005007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020015_1881 — 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). "New Campbellton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-campbellton-ns005007-1881/.