North Mountain, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
North Mountain was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 833. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.767°N, 61.164°W.
Population
In 1881, North Mountain had a population of 833: 402 male and 431 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 856 |
| 1881 | 833 |
| 1891 | 808 |
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, North Mountain shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 833 total population, 431 females, 402 males, 208 married persons, 133 families, 104 married females, 104 married males, 30 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 595 single persons under 18, 303 single females under 18, 292 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 130 occupied houses, 128 inhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 15,051 bushels of potatoes, 7,640 bushels of oats, 1,672 tons of hay, 1,505 acres of hay crops, 741 bushels of barley, 510 bushels of buckwheat, 478 bushels of spring wheat, 424 bushels of turnips, 241 acres of potatoes, 121 bushels of other root crops, 74 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 acres of wheat, 16 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,418 fathoms of fishing nets, 718 barrels of herring or alewives, 438 quintals of cod, 96 gallons of fish oil, 62 men on fishing boats, 58 fishing boats, 26 barrels of eels, 5 barrels of mackerel, 3 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 105 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 833 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:
NS004003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036012— 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). "North Mountain, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/north-mountain-ns004003-1881/.