New Glasgow, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Name: New Glasgow (1881)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

New Glasgow was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 943. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q286048. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.606°N, 62.675°W.

Population

In 1881, New Glasgow had a population of 943: 464 male and 479 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in New Glasgow, 1871 (86.9% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Abercrombie, 1891 (67.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, New Glasgow shared boundaries with:

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 943 total population, 479 females, 464 males, 272 married persons, 177 families, 138 married males, 134 married females, 52 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 619 single persons under 18, 311 single females under 18, 308 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 175 inhabited houses, 175 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,091 bushels of potatoes, 14,891 bushels of oats, 5,276 bushels of turnips, 4,069 bushels of spring wheat, 1,883 acres of hay crops, 1,804 tons of hay, 1,585 bushels of barley, 968 bushels of buckwheat, 448 bushels of peas and beans, 320 acres of wheat, 230 bushels of other root crops, 178 acres of potatoes, 77 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 943 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: NS020017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS020017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q286048
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Glasgow,_Nova_Scotia
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Glasgow

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 Glasgow, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-glasgow-ns020017-1881/.