Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Lunenburg
Petite Rivière, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Petite Rivière was a census subdivision in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,250. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.237°N, 64.509°W.
Population
In 1881, Petite Rivière had a population of 3,250: 1,698 male and 1,552 female residents. Population density was 28.3 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, Petite Rivière shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 620 |
| Number of families | 620 |
| Number of females | 1,552 |
| Number of males | 1,698 |
| Number of married females | 556 |
| Number of married males | 561 |
| Number of married persons | 1,117 |
| Number of widowed females | 86 |
| Number of widowed males | 29 |
| Number of widowed persons | 115 |
| POP TOT | 3,250 |
| Total population | 3,250 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 910 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,108 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,018 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 551 |
| Number of occupied houses | 551 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 15 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,070 |
| Acres of potatoes | 358 |
| Acres of wheat | 22 |
| BAR BU | 8,675 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 8,675 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 90 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 842 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,535 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 198 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 47,715 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,691 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 332 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,397 |
| BWT BU | 90 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 2,070 |
| HAY TONS | 2,400 |
| OAT BU | 842 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 198 |
| POT AC | 358 |
| POT BU | 47,715 |
| RYE BU | 1,691 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,400 |
| WHT AC | 22 |
| WHT SP BU | 332 |
Fisheries (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 35 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 4,843 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,393 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 22 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 26,366 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 12,833 |
| Number of fishing boats | 298 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 24 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 406 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 244 |
| Number of shoremen | 5 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 20,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 23,942 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 5 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 964 |
Other recorded variables (37 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 4,843 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 406 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 298 |
| C UNMD F | 910 |
| C UNMD M | 1,108 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,018 |
| CD NAME | Lunenburg |
| COD DX K | 23,942 |
| D OCC | 551 |
| EEL XB Q | 4 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 1,552 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 12,833 |
| GRA BU | 13 |
| GSP XB Q | 35 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 551 |
| H UNINH | 15 |
| HAD DX K | 964 |
| HAL XB Q | 7 |
| LOB XC P | 20,000 |
| MALE | 1,698 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,393 |
| MD F | 556 |
| MD M | 561 |
| MD TOT | 1,117 |
| NET XX F | 26,366 |
| NUMBER CD | 11 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 22 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,535 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 5 |
| TUR BU | 4,397 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 244 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 24 |
| WID F | 86 |
| WID M | 29 |
| WID TOT | 115 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS011008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS015033 — 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). "Petite Rivière, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/petite-rivi-re-ns011008-1881/.