River Inhabitants, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
River Inhabitants was a census subdivision in 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 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 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,341 total population, 676 females, 665 males, 378 married persons, 225 families, 190 married males, 188 married females, 33 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 930 single persons under 18, 468 single females under 18, 462 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 225 occupied houses, 222 inhabited houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 9,613 bushels of potatoes, 1,160 bushels of oats, 1,046 tons of hay, 955 acres of hay crops, 132 acres of potatoes, 91 bushels of other root crops, 61 bushels of barley, 56 bushels of turnips, 33 bushels of spring wheat, 25 bushels of winter wheat, 21 bushels of buckwheat, 21 bushels of peas and beans, 12 bushels of rye, 7 bushels of corn, 2 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 29,060 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,888 barrels of herring or alewives, 2,752 barrels of mackerel, 1,385 quintals of cod, 515 gallons of fish oil, 458 barrels of gaspareaux, 399 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 233 men on fishing boats, 179 fishing boats, 19 barrels of eels, 17 men on fishing vessels, 5 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of other fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 61,100 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 1,341 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:
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/.