Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Hants
Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Nine Mile River was a census subdivision in Hants County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,196. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.027°N, 63.518°W.
Population
In 1881, Nine Mile River had a population of 1,196: 621 male and 575 female residents. Population density was 16.0 people per square mile.
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, Nine Mile River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 198 |
| Number of families | 198 |
| Number of females | 575 |
| Number of males | 621 |
| Number of married females | 183 |
| Number of married males | 182 |
| Number of married persons | 365 |
| Number of widowed females | 34 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| POP TOT | 1,196 |
| Total population | 1,196 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 358 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 431 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 789 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 198 |
| Number of occupied houses | 198 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 15 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,835 |
| Acres of potatoes | 120 |
| Acres of wheat | 180 |
| BAR BU | 214 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 214 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,481 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 32 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,910 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 413 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 68 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 18,892 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,860 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,986 |
| BWT BU | 1,481 |
| CRN BU | 6 |
| HAY AC | 2,835 |
| HAY TONS | 3,175 |
| OAT BU | 4,910 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 68 |
| POT AC | 120 |
| POT BU | 18,892 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,175 |
| WHT AC | 180 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,860 |
Fisheries (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 36 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 282 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 5 |
| C UNMD F | 358 |
| C UNMD M | 431 |
| C UNMD TOT | 789 |
| CD NAME | Hants |
| D OCC | 198 |
| FEMALE | 575 |
| GRA BU | 32 |
| GSP XB Q | 36 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 198 |
| H UNINH | 15 |
| MALE | 621 |
| MD F | 183 |
| MD M | 182 |
| MD TOT | 365 |
| NET XX F | 282 |
| NUMBER CD | 18 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 413 |
| TUR BU | 4,986 |
| WID F | 34 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS018010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012007 — 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). "Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/nine-mile-river-ns018010-1881/.