Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Yarmouth
Plymouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Plymouth was a census subdivision in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,573. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.765°N, 66.028°W.
Population
In 1881, Plymouth had a population of 1,573: 805 male and 768 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,321 |
| 1881 | 1,573 |
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, Plymouth 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 | 257 |
| Number of families | 257 |
| Number of females | 768 |
| Number of males | 805 |
| Number of married females | 235 |
| Number of married males | 235 |
| Number of married persons | 470 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 26 |
| Number of widowed persons | 65 |
| POP TOT | 1,573 |
| Total population | 1,573 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 494 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 544 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,038 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 9 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 250 |
| Number of occupied houses | 250 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 18 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,167 |
| Acres of potatoes | 336 |
| Acres of wheat | 20 |
| BAR BU | 217 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 217 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 78 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 248 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,104 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 114 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 34,562 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 237 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,483 |
| CRN BU | 78 |
| HAY AC | 1,167 |
| HAY TONS | 1,672 |
| OAT BU | 248 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 114 |
| POT AC | 336 |
| POT BU | 34,562 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,672 |
| WHT AC | 20 |
| WHT SP BU | 237 |
Fisheries (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 31 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 78 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 64 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,451 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,501 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2,602 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 96 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 9,252 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 4,074 |
| Number of fishing boats | 195 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 14 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 162 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 195 |
| Number of shoremen | 60 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 7,292 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 49 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 648 |
Other recorded variables (39 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,451 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 162 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 195 |
| C UNMD F | 494 |
| C UNMD M | 544 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,038 |
| CD NAME | Yarmouth |
| COD DX K | 7,292 |
| D OCC | 250 |
| EEL XB Q | 31 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 49 |
| FEMALE | 768 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 4,074 |
| GSP XB Q | 78 |
| H CON | 9 |
| H INHAB | 250 |
| H UNINH | 18 |
| HAD DX K | 648 |
| HAL XB Q | 64 |
| MALE | 805 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,501 |
| MD F | 235 |
| MD M | 235 |
| MD TOT | 470 |
| NET XX F | 9,252 |
| NUMBER CD | 14 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2,602 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,104 |
| SAR XB Q | 1 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 60 |
| SLM XB Q | 5 |
| TRT XB Q | 96 |
| TUR BU | 3,483 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 195 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 14 |
| WID F | 39 |
| WID M | 26 |
| WID TOT | 65 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS014001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014001 — 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). "Plymouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/plymouth-ns014001-1881/.