Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Digby
Rossway, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Rossway was a census subdivision in Digby County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 514. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.590°N, 65.935°W.
Population
In 1881, Rossway had a population of 514: 277 male and 237 female residents. Population density was 32.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, Rossway shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 86 |
| Number of families | 86 |
| Number of females | 237 |
| Number of males | 277 |
| Number of married females | 79 |
| Number of married males | 79 |
| Number of married persons | 158 |
| Number of widowed females | 14 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 19 |
| POP TOT | 514 |
| Total population | 514 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 144 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 193 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 337 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 86 |
| Number of occupied houses | 86 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,148 |
| Acres of potatoes | 84 |
| Acres of wheat | 127 |
| BAR BU | 860 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 860 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 692 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 780 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 816 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 48 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,595 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,169 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,675 |
| BWT BU | 692 |
| CRN BU | 63 |
| HAY AC | 1,148 |
| HAY TONS | 1,199 |
| OAT BU | 780 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 48 |
| POT AC | 84 |
| POT BU | 7,595 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,199 |
| WHT AC | 127 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,169 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 507 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 157 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 27 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 725 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,268 |
| Number of fishing boats | 34 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 46 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 1,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 675 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1,771 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 507 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 46 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 34 |
| C UNMD F | 144 |
| C UNMD M | 193 |
| C UNMD TOT | 337 |
| CD NAME | Digby |
| COD DX K | 675 |
| D OCC | 86 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 237 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,268 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 86 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| HAD DX K | 1,771 |
| LOB XC P | 1,000 |
| MALE | 277 |
| MCK XB Q | 157 |
| MD F | 79 |
| MD M | 79 |
| MD TOT | 158 |
| NET XX F | 725 |
| NUMBER CD | 15 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 816 |
| SHD XB Q | 27 |
| TUR BU | 2,675 |
| WID F | 14 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 19 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS015015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009017 — 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). "Rossway, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/rossway-ns015015-1881/.