Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Guysborough
Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Sherbrooke was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,607. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.142°N, 61.969°W.
Population
In 1881, Sherbrooke had a population of 1,607: 820 male and 787 female residents. Population density was 21.9 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, Sherbrooke 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 | 288 |
| Number of families | 288 |
| Number of females | 787 |
| Number of males | 820 |
| Number of married females | 251 |
| Number of married males | 251 |
| Number of married persons | 502 |
| Number of widowed females | 38 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 48 |
| POP TOT | 1,607 |
| Total population | 1,607 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 498 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 559 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,057 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 8 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 280 |
| Number of occupied houses | 288 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 534 |
| Acres of potatoes | 42 |
| Acres of wheat | 24 |
| BAR BU | 36 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 36 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 722 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,534 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 528 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,496 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 334 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 855 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 29 |
| BWT BU | 722 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 534 |
| HAY TONS | 854 |
| OAT BU | 1,534 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 6 |
| POT AC | 42 |
| POT BU | 6,496 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 854 |
| WHT AC | 24 |
| WHT SP BU | 334 |
| WHT WTR BU | 29 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 676 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 63 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,758 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 294 |
| Number of fishing boats | 37 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 51 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 6 |
| Number of shoremen | 3 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 50,664 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 772 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 31 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 676 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 51 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 37 |
| C UNMD F | 498 |
| C UNMD M | 559 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,057 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 772 |
| D OCC | 288 |
| FEMALE | 787 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 294 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 280 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| HAD DX K | 31 |
| LOB XC P | 50,664 |
| MALE | 820 |
| MCK XB Q | 7 |
| MD F | 251 |
| MD M | 251 |
| MD TOT | 502 |
| NET XX F | 2,758 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 528 |
| SHAN | 8 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 3 |
| SLM XB Q | 63 |
| TUR BU | 855 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 6 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 38 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 48 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010028_1871 — 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). "Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sherbrooke-ns008007-1881/.