Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Halifax (County-Comté)
Salmon River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Salmon River was a census subdivision in Halifax (County-Comté) County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 798. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.934°N, 62.373°W.
Population
In 1881, Salmon River had a population of 798: 436 male and 362 female residents. Population density was 14.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 704 |
| 1881 | 798 |
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 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 126 |
| Number of families | 126 |
| Number of females | 362 |
| Number of males | 436 |
| Number of married females | 111 |
| Number of married males | 113 |
| Number of married persons | 224 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 36 |
| POP TOT | 798 |
| Total population | 798 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 231 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 307 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 538 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 124 |
| Number of occupied houses | 125 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 375 |
| Acres of potatoes | 48 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR BU | 14 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 401 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 108 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,480 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 601 |
| BWT BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 375 |
| HAY TONS | 631 |
| OAT BU | 401 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 60 |
| POT AC | 48 |
| POT BU | 4,480 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 631 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 5 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 25 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 13 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 16 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 3,550 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,352 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 300 |
| Number of fishing boats | 59 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 50 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 105,600 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 763 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 65 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 9 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 50 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 59 |
| C UNMD F | 231 |
| C UNMD M | 307 |
| C UNMD TOT | 538 |
| CD NAME | Halifax (County-Comté) |
| COD DX K | 763 |
| D OCC | 125 |
| EEL XB Q | 25 |
| FEMALE | 362 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 300 |
| GSP XB Q | 13 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 124 |
| H UNINH | 7 |
| HAD DX K | 65 |
| LOB XC P | 105,600 |
| MALE | 436 |
| MCK XB Q | 16 |
| MD F | 111 |
| MD M | 113 |
| MD TOT | 224 |
| NET XX F | 1,352 |
| NUMBER CD | 10 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 3,550 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 108 |
| SAR XB Q | 1 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 601 |
| WID F | 20 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 36 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS010025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010025 — 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-ns010025-1881/.