Polling District No. 15, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Polling District No. 15 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 535. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.697°N, 63.687°W.
Population
In 1881, Polling District No. 15 had a population of 535: 255 male and 280 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 365 |
| 1881 | 535 |
| 1891 | 525 |
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, Polling District No. 15 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 535 total population, 280 females, 255 males, 163 married persons, 86 families, 82 married females, 81 married males, 33 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 339 single persons under 18, 175 single females under 18, 164 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 81 occupied houses, 80 inhabited houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,258 bushels of potatoes, 456 bushels of other root crops, 407 bushels of oats, 357 bushels of turnips, 190 tons of hay, 136 acres of hay crops, 82 bushels of peas and beans, 40 bushels of barley, 20 acres of potatoes, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 5 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,121 fathoms of fishing nets, 381 barrels of mackerel, 13 barrels of herring or alewives, 8 men on fishing boats, 6 fishing boats, 4 barrels of salmon, 4 shoremen, 2 quintals of cod, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 535 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:
NS010012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034009— 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). "Polling District No. 15, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-15-ns010012-1881/.