Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Digby
Plympton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Plympton was a census subdivision in Digby County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.487°N, 65.841°W.
Population
In 1881, Plympton had a population of 1,850: 961 male and 889 female residents. Population density was 23.3 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, Plympton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 318 |
| Number of families | 318 |
| Number of females | 889 |
| Number of males | 961 |
| Number of married females | 295 |
| Number of married males | 292 |
| Number of married persons | 587 |
| Number of widowed females | 42 |
| Number of widowed males | 20 |
| Number of widowed persons | 62 |
| POP TOT | 1,850 |
| Total population | 1,850 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 552 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 649 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,201 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 317 |
| Number of occupied houses | 318 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,565 |
| Acres of potatoes | 153 |
| Acres of wheat | 53 |
| BAR BU | 712 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 712 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,276 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 27 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,684 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 912 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 193 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 17,913 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 879 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 6,183 |
| BWT BU | 1,276 |
| CRN BU | 27 |
| HAY AC | 1,565 |
| HAY TONS | 1,631 |
| OAT BU | 1,684 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 193 |
| POT AC | 153 |
| POT BU | 17,913 |
| RYE BU | 19 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,631 |
| WHT AC | 53 |
| WHT SP BU | 879 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 16 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 242 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 20 |
| Number of fishing boats | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 8 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 16 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 8 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 4 |
| C UNMD F | 552 |
| C UNMD M | 649 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,201 |
| CD NAME | Digby |
| D OCC | 318 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 889 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 317 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAD DX K | 2 |
| MALE | 961 |
| MCK XB Q | 242 |
| MD F | 295 |
| MD M | 292 |
| MD TOT | 587 |
| NET XX F | 20 |
| NUMBER CD | 15 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 912 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHD XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 6,183 |
| WID F | 42 |
| WID M | 20 |
| WID TOT | 62 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS015007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009016 — 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). "Plympton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/plympton-ns015007-1881/.