Plympton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Plympton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,850. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7205890. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,850 |
| 1891 | 1,522 |
| 1901 | 819 |
| 1911 | 710 |
| 1921 | 725 |
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 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,850 total population, 961 males, 889 females, 587 married persons, 318 families, 295 married females, 292 married males, 62 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,201 single persons under 18, 649 single males under 18, 552 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 318 occupied houses, 317 inhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 17,913 bushels of potatoes, 6,183 bushels of turnips, 1,684 bushels of oats, 1,631 tons of hay, 1,565 acres of hay crops, 1,276 bushels of buckwheat, 912 bushels of other root crops, 879 bushels of spring wheat, 712 bushels of barley, 193 bushels of peas and beans, 153 acres of potatoes, 53 acres of wheat, 27 bushels of corn, 19 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 242 barrels of mackerel, 20 fathoms of fishing nets, 16 barrels of herring or alewives, 8 men on fishing boats, 4 fishing boats, 2 quintals of fascines fish, 2 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,850 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:
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: Q7205890
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plympton,_Nova_Scotia
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/.