Pugwash, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Pugwash was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,279. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.792°N, 63.704°W.
Population
In 1881, Pugwash had a population of 2,279: 1,155 male and 1,124 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,199 |
| 1881 | 2,279 |
| 1891 | 2,160 |
| 1911 | 733 |
| 1921 | 914 |
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 Pugwash, 1871 (67.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Pugwash shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,279 total population, 1,155 males, 1,124 females, 770 married persons, 436 families, 390 married females, 380 married males, 93 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,416 single persons under 18, 751 single males under 18, 665 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 417 occupied houses, 416 inhabited houses, 26 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 64,958 bushels of potatoes, 18,905 bushels of oats, 14,345 bushels of spring wheat, 10,156 bushels of turnips, 7,535 bushels of buckwheat, 6,656 tons of hay, 5,416 acres of hay crops, 3,539 bushels of barley, 1,195 acres of wheat, 693 bushels of other root crops, 394 acres of potatoes, 374 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 287 bushels of peas and beans, 171 bushels of winter wheat, 22 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,279 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:
NS022003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS008016_1911— 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). "Pugwash, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pugwash-ns022003-1881/.