Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Digby
Salmon River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Salmon River was a census subdivision in Digby County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,368. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.076°N, 66.091°W.
Population
In 1881, Salmon River had a population of 1,368: 699 male and 669 female residents. Population density was 25.4 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 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 236 |
| Number of families | 236 |
| Number of females | 669 |
| Number of males | 699 |
| Number of married females | 224 |
| Number of married males | 225 |
| Number of married persons | 449 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 46 |
| POP TOT | 1,368 |
| Total population | 1,368 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 406 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 467 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 873 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 224 |
| Number of occupied houses | 226 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,224 |
| Acres of potatoes | 191 |
| Acres of wheat | 38 |
| BAR BU | 355 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 355 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 161 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 964 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,468 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 219 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 23,394 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 549 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,975 |
| BWT BU | 161 |
| CRN BU | 67 |
| HAY AC | 1,224 |
| HAY TONS | 1,383 |
| OAT BU | 964 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 219 |
| POT AC | 191 |
| POT BU | 23,394 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,383 |
| WHT AC | 38 |
| WHT SP BU | 549 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 94 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 142 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 9 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 548 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,183 |
| Number of fishing boats | 4 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 6 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 24 |
| Number of shoremen | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,583 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 821 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 142 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 8 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 4 |
| C UNMD F | 406 |
| C UNMD M | 467 |
| C UNMD TOT | 873 |
| CD NAME | Digby |
| COD DX K | 1,583 |
| D OCC | 226 |
| EEL XB Q | 9 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 669 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,183 |
| GSP XB Q | 2 |
| H INHAB | 224 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| HAD DX K | 821 |
| HAL XB Q | 94 |
| MALE | 699 |
| MCK XB Q | 9 |
| MD F | 224 |
| MD M | 225 |
| MD TOT | 449 |
| NET XX F | 548 |
| NUMBER CD | 15 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,468 |
| SHAN | 2 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 5,975 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 24 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 6 |
| WID F | 39 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 46 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS015012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009019 — 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-ns015012-1881/.