Pictou, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Pictou was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 743. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1018711. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.697°N, 62.610°W.
Population
In 1881, Pictou had a population of 743: 360 male and 383 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Pictou, 1871 (64.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Pictou shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 743 total population, 383 females, 360 males, 224 married persons, 139 families, 112 married females, 112 married males, 40 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 479 single persons under 18, 241 single females under 18, 238 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 137 occupied houses, 117 inhabited houses, 20 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,918 bushels of potatoes, 6,376 bushels of oats, 3,080 bushels of turnips, 1,914 bushels of spring wheat, 529 tons of hay, 368 acres of hay crops, 365 bushels of barley, 133 acres of wheat, 68 acres of potatoes, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 bushels of other root crops, 7 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 743 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:
NS020007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1018711
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou
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). "Pictou, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pictou-ns020007-1881/.