Petite Rivière, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Petite Rivière was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,250. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7178375. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,572 |
| 1881 | 3,250 |
| 1891 | 3,415 |
| 1901 | 572 |
| 1911 | 611 |
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 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,250 total population, 1,698 males, 1,552 females, 1,117 married persons, 620 families, 561 married males, 556 married females, 115 widowed persons, 86 widowed females, 29 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,018 single persons under 18, 1,108 single males under 18, 910 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 551 inhabited houses, 551 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 47,715 bushels of potatoes, 8,675 bushels of barley, 4,397 bushels of turnips, 2,535 bushels of other root crops, 2,400 tons of hay, 2,070 acres of hay crops, 1,691 bushels of rye, 842 bushels of oats, 358 acres of potatoes, 332 bushels of spring wheat, 198 bushels of peas and beans, 90 bushels of buckwheat, 22 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 26,366 fathoms of fishing nets, 23,942 quintals of cod, 12,833 gallons of fish oil, 4,843 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,393 barrels of mackerel, 964 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 406 men on fishing boats, 298 fishing boats, 244 men on fishing vessels, 35 barrels of gaspareaux, 24 fishing vessels, 22 barrels of other fish, 7 barrels of halibut, 5 shoremen, 5 quintals of fascines fish, 4 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 20,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,250 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:
NS011008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS049029— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7178375
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/.