Rossway, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Rossway was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 514 |
| 1891 | 431 |
| 1901 | 391 |
| 1911 | 343 |
| 1921 | 376 |
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 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 514 total population, 277 males, 237 females, 158 married persons, 86 families, 79 married females, 79 married males, 19 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 337 single persons under 18, 193 single males under 18, 144 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 86 inhabited houses, 86 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,595 bushels of potatoes, 2,675 bushels of turnips, 1,199 tons of hay, 1,169 bushels of spring wheat, 1,148 acres of hay crops, 860 bushels of barley, 816 bushels of other root crops, 780 bushels of oats, 692 bushels of buckwheat, 127 acres of wheat, 84 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of corn, 48 bushels of peas and beans, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,268 gallons of fish oil, 1,771 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 725 fathoms of fishing nets, 675 quintals of cod, 507 barrels of herring or alewives, 157 barrels of mackerel, 46 men on fishing boats, 34 fishing boats, 4 barrels of other fish, 4 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 27 barrels of shad, 1,000 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 514 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:
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/.