Salmon River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Salmon River was a census subdivision in 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 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 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 798 total population, 436 males, 362 females, 224 married persons, 126 families, 113 married males, 111 married females, 36 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 538 single persons under 18, 307 single males under 18, 231 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 125 occupied houses, 124 inhabited houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,480 bushels of potatoes, 631 tons of hay, 601 bushels of turnips, 401 bushels of oats, 375 acres of hay crops, 108 bushels of other root crops, 60 bushels of peas and beans, 48 acres of potatoes, 14 bushels of barley, 5 bushels of spring wheat, 1 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,550 barrels of other fish, 1,352 fathoms of fishing nets, 763 quintals of cod, 300 gallons of fish oil, 65 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 59 fishing boats, 50 men on fishing boats, 25 barrels of eels, 16 barrels of mackerel, 13 barrels of gaspareaux, 9 barrels of herring or alewives, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of sardines, 105,600 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 799 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:
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/.