Port La Tour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Port La Tour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,798. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230747. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.600°N, 65.508°W.
Population
In 1881, Port La Tour had a population of 1,798: 925 male and 873 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,477 |
| 1881 | 1,798 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Port La Tour, 1871 (64.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Port Latour, 1891 (23.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Port Clyde, 1891 (76.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Port La Tour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,798 total population, 925 males, 873 females, 728 married persons, 383 families, 366 married males, 362 married females, 61 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,009 single persons under 18, 541 single males under 18, 468 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 370 inhabited houses, 370 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,625 bushels of potatoes, 1,067 tons of hay, 878 acres of hay crops, 612 bushels of turnips, 229 acres of potatoes, 215 bushels of other root crops, 110 bushels of oats, 108 bushels of barley, 14 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 17,419 fathoms of fishing nets, 11,355 quintals of cod, 7,631 gallons of fish oil, 4,545 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2,042 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,397 barrels of mackerel, 331 fishing boats, 319 men on fishing boats, 99 men on fishing vessels, 80 barrels of gaspareaux, 45 barrels of other fish, 10 fishing vessels, 3 quintals of fascines fish, 2 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 101,800 pounds of lobster canned, 6 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,798 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:
NS013011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7230747
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_La_Tour
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_La_Tour
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 La Tour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-la-tour-ns013011-1881/.