New Tusket, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
New Tusket was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 537. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.245°N, 65.872°W.
Population
In 1881, New Tusket had a population of 537: 269 male and 268 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 419 |
| 1881 | 537 |
| 1891 | 563 |
| 1901 | 612 |
| 1911 | 621 |
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 Tusket shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 537 total population, 269 males, 268 females, 178 married persons, 90 families, 89 married females, 89 married males, 12 widowed females, 12 widowed persons. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 347 single persons under 18, 180 single males under 18, 167 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 90 occupied houses, 89 inhabited houses, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,651 bushels of potatoes, 3,338 bushels of turnips, 868 acres of hay crops, 785 tons of hay, 714 bushels of oats, 591 bushels of buckwheat, 147 bushels of other root crops, 138 bushels of peas and beans, 134 bushels of barley, 122 bushels of spring wheat, 72 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of corn, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 28 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 10 gallons of fish oil, 5 fishing boats, 5 men on fishing boats, 4 barrels of mackerel, 3 barrels of trout, 3 quintals of cod, 2 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 barrels of herring or alewives. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 537 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:
NS015014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS043013— 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 Tusket, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-tusket-ns015014-1881/.