Port Mouton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Port Mouton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 842. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.884°N, 64.886°W.
Population
In 1881, Port Mouton had a population of 842: 423 male and 419 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 829 |
| 1881 | 842 |
| 1891 | 758 |
| 1901 | 813 |
| 1911 | 897 |
| 1921 | 817 |
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 Mouton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 842 total population, 423 males, 419 females, 279 married persons, 160 families, 141 married males, 138 married females, 45 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 518 single persons under 18, 274 single males under 18, 244 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 143 inhabited houses, 143 occupied houses, 11 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,656 bushels of potatoes, 649 bushels of turnips, 471 tons of hay, 465 acres of hay crops, 243 bushels of other root crops, 138 bushels of barley, 115 bushels of oats, 77 bushels of peas and beans, 73 acres of potatoes, 27 bushels of corn, 13 bushels of spring wheat, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 1 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,045 quintals of cod, 4,734 gallons of fish oil, 4,001 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,859 barrels of herring or alewives, 485 barrels of other fish, 159 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 153 men on fishing boats, 86 fishing boats, 64 barrels of mackerel, 33 men on fishing vessels, 14 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of eels, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 78,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 843 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:
NS012004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS017010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3398384
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mouton,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mouton
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 Mouton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-mouton-ns012004-1881/.