Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Sandy Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,090. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7417208. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.480°N, 66.101°W.

Population

In 1881, Sandy Cove had a population of 1,090: 575 male and 515 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Sandy Cove, 1871 (74.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Little River, 1891 (42.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sandy Cove, 1891 (57.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Sandy Cove shared boundaries with:

• Rossway

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,090 total population, 575 males, 515 females, 402 married persons, 218 families, 201 married females, 201 married males, 41 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 647 single persons under 18, 366 single males under 18, 281 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 199 inhabited houses, 199 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,127 bushels of potatoes, 12,544 bushels of turnips, 1,256 bushels of oats, 1,242 tons of hay, 977 bushels of spring wheat, 964 acres of hay crops, 425 bushels of buckwheat, 303 bushels of barley, 281 bushels of other root crops, 94 acres of potatoes, 49 acres of wheat, 6 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 14,050 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 12,564 gallons of fish oil, 4,393 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,666 quintals of cod, 2,528 barrels of herring or alewives, 289 barrels of mackerel, 203 men on fishing boats, 110 fishing boats, 18 barrels of other fish, 10 men on fishing vessels, 3 barrels of halibut, 3 shoremen, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,090 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: NS015004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS043017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7417208
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Cove,_Digby,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sandy-cove-ns015004-1881/.