Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Lunenburg
Ritcey's Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Ritcey's Cove was a census subdivision in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,827. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.315°N, 64.341°W.
Population
In 1881, Ritcey's Cove had a population of 1,827: 956 male and 871 female residents. Population density was 48.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,594 |
| 1881 | 1,827 |
| 1891 | 1,934 |
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, Ritcey's Cove 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 | 335 |
| Number of families | 335 |
| Number of females | 871 |
| Number of males | 956 |
| Number of married females | 327 |
| Number of married males | 324 |
| Number of married persons | 651 |
| Number of widowed females | 51 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 70 |
| POP TOT | 1,827 |
| Total population | 1,827 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 493 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 613 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,106 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 297 |
| Number of occupied houses | 297 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,972 |
| Acres of potatoes | 285 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR BU | 8,430 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 8,430 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,638 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 6,651 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 137 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 50,252 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,034 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 1,972 |
| HAY TONS | 1,739 |
| OAT BU | 1,638 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 137 |
| POT AC | 285 |
| POT BU | 50,252 |
| RYE BU | 2 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,739 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 14 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 18 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 28 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,312 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 554 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 5 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 17,704 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 11,267 |
| Number of fishing boats | 110 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 34 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 145 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 478 |
| Number of shoremen | 273 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 23,776 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 15 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,312 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 145 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 110 |
| C UNMD F | 493 |
| C UNMD M | 613 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,106 |
| CD NAME | Lunenburg |
| COD DX K | 23,776 |
| D OCC | 297 |
| EEL XB Q | 18 |
| FEMALE | 871 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 11,267 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| GSP XB Q | 28 |
| H INHAB | 297 |
| HAD DX K | 15 |
| HAL XB Q | 9 |
| MALE | 956 |
| MCK XB Q | 554 |
| MD F | 327 |
| MD M | 324 |
| MD TOT | 651 |
| NET XX F | 17,704 |
| NUMBER CD | 11 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 6,651 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 273 |
| SLM XB Q | 5 |
| TUR BU | 3,034 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 478 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 34 |
| WID F | 51 |
| WID M | 19 |
| WID TOT | 70 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS011002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038011 — 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). "Ritcey's Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ritcey-s-cove-ns011002-1881/.