Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Inverness
Port Hood, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Port Hood was a census subdivision in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,498. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.028°N, 61.476°W.
Population
In 1881, Port Hood had a population of 1,498: 759 male and 739 female residents. Population density was 27.8 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, Port Hood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 247 |
| Number of families | 247 |
| Number of females | 739 |
| Number of males | 759 |
| Number of married females | 201 |
| Number of married males | 201 |
| Number of married persons | 402 |
| Number of widowed females | 47 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 58 |
| POP TOT | 1,498 |
| Total population | 1,498 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 491 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 547 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,038 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 14 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 239 |
| Number of occupied houses | 239 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,288 |
| Acres of potatoes | 263 |
| Acres of wheat | 107 |
| BAR BU | 1,500 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,500 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 510 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 16,260 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 77 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 20,736 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,289 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,362 |
| BWT BU | 510 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 2,288 |
| HAY TONS | 2,204 |
| OAT BU | 16,260 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 7 |
| POT AC | 263 |
| POT BU | 20,736 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,204 |
| WHT AC | 107 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,289 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,052 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 801 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,531 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,044 |
| Number of fishing boats | 104 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 84 |
| Number of shoremen | 6 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 939 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 949 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,052 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 84 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 104 |
| C UNMD F | 491 |
| C UNMD M | 547 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,038 |
| CD NAME | Inverness |
| COD DX K | 939 |
| D OCC | 239 |
| FEMALE | 739 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,044 |
| GRA BU | 28 |
| GSP XB Q | 3 |
| H CON | 14 |
| H INHAB | 239 |
| H UNINH | 16 |
| HAD DX K | 949 |
| MALE | 759 |
| MCK XB Q | 801 |
| MD F | 201 |
| MD M | 201 |
| MD TOT | 402 |
| NET XX F | 4,531 |
| NUMBER CD | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 77 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 6 |
| TUR BU | 2,362 |
| WID F | 47 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 58 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS004006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013016 — 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). "Port Hood, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-hood-ns004006-1881/.