Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Richmond
River Inhabitants, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
River Inhabitants was a census subdivision in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,341. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.624°N, 61.188°W.
Population
In 1881, River Inhabitants had a population of 1,341: 665 male and 676 female residents. Population density was 14.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,166 |
| 1881 | 1,341 |
| 1891 | 1,453 |
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, River Inhabitants shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 225 |
| Number of families | 225 |
| Number of females | 676 |
| Number of males | 665 |
| Number of married females | 188 |
| Number of married males | 190 |
| Number of married persons | 378 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 33 |
| POP TOT | 1,341 |
| Total population | 1,341 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 468 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 462 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 930 |
Buildings & housing (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 2 |
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 222 |
| Number of occupied houses | 225 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 955 |
| Acres of potatoes | 132 |
| Acres of wheat | 2 |
| BAR BU | 61 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 61 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,160 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 91 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,613 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 33 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 56 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 25 |
| BWT BU | 21 |
| CRN BU | 7 |
| HAY AC | 955 |
| HAY TONS | 1,046 |
| OAT BU | 1,160 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 21 |
| POT AC | 132 |
| POT BU | 9,613 |
| RYE BU | 12 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,046 |
| WHT AC | 2 |
| WHT SP BU | 33 |
| WHT WTR BU | 25 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 19 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 458 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 3,888 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2,752 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 29,060 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 515 |
| Number of fishing boats | 179 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 233 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 17 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 61,100 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,385 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 399 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 3,888 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 233 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 179 |
| C UNMD F | 468 |
| C UNMD M | 462 |
| C UNMD TOT | 930 |
| CD NAME | Richmond |
| COD DX K | 1,385 |
| D OCC | 225 |
| EEL XB Q | 19 |
| FEMALE | 676 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 515 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| GSP XB Q | 458 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 222 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| HAD DX K | 399 |
| LOB XC P | 61,100 |
| MALE | 665 |
| MCK XB Q | 2,752 |
| MD F | 188 |
| MD M | 190 |
| MD TOT | 378 |
| NET XX F | 29,060 |
| NUMBER CD | 7 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 91 |
| SHAN | 2 |
| TUR BU | 56 |
| VESS | 1 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 17 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 5 |
| WID F | 20 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 33 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS041012 — 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). "River Inhabitants, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/river-inhabitants-ns007004-1881/.