Shelburn, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Shelburn, Town—Ville was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,055. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1693101. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.741°N, 65.279°W.
Population
In 1881, Shelburn, Town—Ville had a population of 2,055: 1,028 male and 1,027 female residents.
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 Shelburne, T-V, 1891 (7.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Sandy Point, 1891 (29.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Jordan Bay W-O, 1891 (62.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Shelburn, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,055 total population, 1,028 males, 1,027 females, 636 married persons, 387 families, 318 married females, 318 married males, 94 widowed persons, 67 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,325 single persons under 18, 683 single males under 18, 642 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 377 inhabited houses, 377 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 20,306 bushels of potatoes, 2,037 bushels of other root crops, 1,563 bushels of turnips, 858 tons of hay, 780 bushels of oats, 639 acres of hay crops, 210 bushels of peas and beans, 123 bushels of spring wheat, 99 bushels of barley, 78 acres of potatoes, 41 bushels of corn, 13 bushels of buckwheat, 10 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 20,801 quintals of cod, 8,011 fathoms of fishing nets, 5,890 gallons of fish oil, 2,071 barrels of herring or alewives, 544 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 244 men on fishing vessels, 190 barrels of mackerel, 152 men on fishing boats, 113 fishing boats, 98 shoremen, 51 barrels of other fish, 29 barrels of gaspareaux, 20 quintals of fascines fish, 15 fishing vessels, 3 barrels of trout, 2 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 200,000 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 2,055 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:
NS013003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1693101
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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). "Shelburn, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/shelburn-town-ville-ns013003-1881/.