North Shore, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
North Shore was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 697. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.493°N, 60.471°W.
Population
In 1881, North Shore had a population of 697: 338 male and 359 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 697 |
| 1891 | 621 |
| 1901 | 615 |
| 1911 | 556 |
| 1921 | 495 |
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 Shore shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 697 total population, 359 females, 338 males, 175 married persons, 99 families, 88 married females, 87 married males, 32 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 490 single persons under 18, 250 single females under 18, 240 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 99 occupied houses, 98 inhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,874 bushels of potatoes, 6,194 bushels of oats, 616 acres of hay crops, 584 tons of hay, 448 bushels of barley, 314 bushels of spring wheat, 180 bushels of turnips, 122 acres of potatoes, 18 acres of wheat, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,630 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,548 quintals of cod, 543 gallons of fish oil, 466 barrels of mackerel, 277 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 256 barrels of herring or alewives, 168 men on fishing boats, 111 fishing boats, 7 shoremen, 4 men on fishing vessels, 2 barrels of salmon, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 697 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:
NS005011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020017_1881— 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 Shore, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/north-shore-ns005011-1881/.