Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Halifax (County-Comté)
Nicumteouch, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Nicumteouch was a census subdivision in Halifax (County-Comté) County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 655. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.967°N, 62.222°W.
Population
In 1881, Nicumteouch had a population of 655: 338 male and 317 female residents. Population density was 37.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 503 |
| 1881 | 655 |
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, Nicumteouch shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 110 |
| Number of families | 110 |
| Number of females | 317 |
| Number of males | 338 |
| Number of married females | 97 |
| Number of married males | 97 |
| Number of married persons | 194 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 26 |
| POP TOT | 655 |
| Total population | 655 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 202 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 233 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 435 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 110 |
| Number of occupied houses | 110 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 254 |
| Acres of potatoes | 67 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR BU | 37 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 37 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 186 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 35 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,813 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 973 |
| BWT BU | 25 |
| HAY AC | 254 |
| HAY TONS | 353 |
| OAT BU | 186 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 35 |
| POT AC | 67 |
| POT BU | 5,813 |
| RYE BU | 31 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 353 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 11 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 22 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 199 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 220 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,269 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 462 |
| Number of fishing boats | 43 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 81 |
| Number of shoremen | 1 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 89,500 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,407 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 199 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 81 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 43 |
| C UNMD F | 202 |
| C UNMD M | 233 |
| C UNMD TOT | 435 |
| CD NAME | Halifax (County-Comté) |
| COD DX K | 1,407 |
| D OCC | 110 |
| EEL XB Q | 8 |
| FEMALE | 317 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 462 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| GSP XB Q | 22 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 110 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| HAD DX K | 1 |
| LOB XC P | 89,500 |
| MALE | 338 |
| MCK XB Q | 220 |
| MD F | 97 |
| MD M | 97 |
| MD TOT | 194 |
| NET XX F | 3,269 |
| NUMBER CD | 10 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 67 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 1 |
| SLM XB Q | 5 |
| TRT XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 973 |
| WID F | 18 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 26 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS010026 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010026 — 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). "Nicumteouch, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/nicumteouch-ns010026-1881/.