Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Halifax (City—Ville)
Sable Island, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Sable Island was a census subdivision in Halifax (City—Ville) County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 46. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.952°N, 59.945°W.
Population
In 1881, Sable Island had a population of 46. Population density was 3.1 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).
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 7 |
| Number of families | 7 |
| Number of females | 19 |
| Number of males | 27 |
| Number of married females | 6 |
| Number of married males | 8 |
| Number of married persons | 14 |
| Number of widowed females | 1 |
| Number of widowed males | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 2 |
| POP TOT | 46 |
| Total population | 46 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 12 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 18 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 30 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 7 |
| Number of occupied houses | 7 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 318 |
| Acres of potatoes | 9 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 48 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,191 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 97 |
| HAY AC | 318 |
| HAY TONS | 159 |
| OAT BU | 31 |
| POT AC | 9 |
| POT BU | 1,191 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 159 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 12 |
| C UNMD M | 18 |
| C UNMD TOT | 30 |
| CD NAME | Halifax (City—Ville) |
| D OCC | 7 |
| FEMALE | 19 |
| H INHAB | 7 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| MALE | 27 |
| MD F | 6 |
| MD M | 8 |
| MD TOT | 14 |
| NUMBER CD | 9 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 48 |
| TUR BU | 97 |
| WID F | 1 |
| WID M | 1 |
| WID TOT | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS009008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS033007 — 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). "Sable Island, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sable-island-ns009008-1881/.