Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Guysborough
Salmon River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Salmon River was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 717. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.352°N, 61.778°W.
Population
In 1881, Salmon River had a population of 717: 363 male and 354 female residents. Population density was 5.2 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, Salmon River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 111 |
| Number of families | 111 |
| Number of females | 354 |
| Number of males | 363 |
| Number of married females | 96 |
| Number of married males | 96 |
| Number of married persons | 192 |
| Number of widowed females | 17 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 27 |
| POP TOT | 717 |
| Total population | 717 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 241 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 257 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 498 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 107 |
| Number of occupied houses | 107 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 833 |
| Acres of potatoes | 179 |
| Acres of wheat | 16 |
| BAR BU | 165 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 165 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,329 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,926 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 14,138 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 193 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 531 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 38 |
| BWT BU | 1,329 |
| HAY AC | 833 |
| HAY TONS | 1,200 |
| OAT BU | 4,926 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 16 |
| POT AC | 179 |
| POT BU | 14,138 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,200 |
| WHT AC | 16 |
| WHT SP BU | 193 |
| WHT WTR BU | 38 |
Fisheries (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 81 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 8 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 46 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 101 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 241 |
| C UNMD M | 257 |
| C UNMD TOT | 498 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 101 |
| D OCC | 107 |
| FEMALE | 354 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 46 |
| GRA BU | 31 |
| GSP XB Q | 81 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 107 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAD DX K | 5 |
| MALE | 363 |
| MCK XB Q | 8 |
| MD F | 96 |
| MD M | 96 |
| MD TOT | 192 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 25 |
| TUR BU | 531 |
| WID F | 17 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 27 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010027_1871 — 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). "Salmon River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/salmon-river-ns008012-1881/.