Port La Tour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Port La Tour was a township in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,798. 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.
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 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 383 |
| Number of families | 383 |
| Number of females | 873 |
| Number of males | 925 |
| Number of married females | 362 |
| Number of married males | 366 |
| Number of married persons | 728 |
| Number of widowed females | 43 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 61 |
| POP TOT | 1,798 |
| Total population | 1,798 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 468 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 541 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,009 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 370 |
| Number of occupied houses | 370 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 878 |
| Acres of potatoes | 229 |
| BAR BU | 108 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 108 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 110 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 215 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 12,625 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 612 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 878 |
| HAY TONS | 1,067 |
| OAT BU | 110 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 14 |
| POT AC | 229 |
| POT BU | 12,625 |
| RYE BU | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,067 |
Fisheries (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 80 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 2,042 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,397 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 45 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 17,419 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 7,631 |
| Number of fishing boats | 331 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 10 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 319 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 99 |
| Number of shoremen | 2 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 101,800 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 11,355 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 3 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 4,545 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 2,042 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 319 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 331 |
| C UNMD F | 468 |
| C UNMD M | 541 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,009 |
| CD NAME | Shelburne |
| COD DX K | 11,355 |
| D OCC | 370 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 3 |
| FEMALE | 873 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 7,631 |
| GSP XB Q | 80 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 370 |
| H UNINH | 11 |
| HAD DX K | 4,545 |
| LOB XC P | 101,800 |
| MALE | 925 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,397 |
| MD F | 362 |
| MD M | 366 |
| MD TOT | 728 |
| NET XX F | 17,419 |
| NUMBER CD | 13 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 45 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 215 |
| OYS XB Q | 6 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 612 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 99 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 10 |
| WID F | 43 |
| WID M | 18 |
| WID TOT | 61 |
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: 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 La Tour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-la-tour-ns013011-1881/.