Shag & Wood's Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Shag & Wood's Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,732. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.552°N, 65.704°W.
Population
In 1881, Shag & Wood's Harbour had a population of 1,732: 873 male and 859 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,448 |
| 1881 | 1,732 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Shag Harbour, 1891 (32.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Woods Harbour, 1891 (68.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Shag & Wood's Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,732 total population, 873 males, 859 females, 644 married persons, 322 married females, 322 married males, 305 families, 44 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,044 single persons under 18, 542 single males under 18, 502 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 303 inhabited houses, 303 occupied houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,220 bushels of potatoes, 736 tons of hay, 642 acres of hay crops, 152 bushels of other root crops, 118 bushels of turnips, 97 acres of potatoes, 92 bushels of oats, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,750 fathoms of fishing nets, 6,179 quintals of cod, 2,699 barrels of mackerel, 2,346 gallons of fish oil, 1,470 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 961 barrels of herring or alewives, 715 barrels of other fish, 126 men on fishing boats, 119 men on fishing vessels, 106 fishing boats, 73 barrels of halibut, 37 barrels of gaspareaux, 16 fishing vessels, 7 barrels of eels, 3 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,732 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:
NS013008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013008— 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). "Shag & Wood's Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/shag-wood-s-harbour-ns013008-1881/.