Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Hants
Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Shubenacadie was a census subdivision in Hants County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,396. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.130°N, 63.521°W.
Population
In 1881, Shubenacadie had a population of 1,396: 718 male and 678 female residents. Population density was 24.0 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, Shubenacadie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 244 |
| Number of families | 244 |
| Number of females | 678 |
| Number of males | 718 |
| Number of married females | 209 |
| Number of married males | 207 |
| Number of married persons | 416 |
| Number of widowed females | 40 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 55 |
| POP TOT | 1,396 |
| Total population | 1,396 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 429 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 496 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 925 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 241 |
| Number of occupied houses | 241 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,891 |
| Acres of potatoes | 115 |
| Acres of wheat | 288 |
| BAR BU | 690 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 690 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,217 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,617 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,995 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 168 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 20,554 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 43 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,683 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 8,723 |
| BWT BU | 2,217 |
| HAY AC | 2,891 |
| HAY TONS | 4,092 |
| OAT BU | 6,617 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 168 |
| POT AC | 115 |
| POT BU | 20,554 |
| RYE BU | 43 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,092 |
| WHT AC | 288 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,683 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 23 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 218 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 10 |
| Number of fishing boats | 9 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 11 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 20 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 30 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 11 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 9 |
| C UNMD F | 429 |
| C UNMD M | 496 |
| C UNMD TOT | 925 |
| CD NAME | Hants |
| COD DX K | 20 |
| D OCC | 241 |
| FEMALE | 678 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 10 |
| GRA BU | 21 |
| GSP XB Q | 23 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 241 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| HAD DX K | 30 |
| MALE | 718 |
| MCK XB Q | 6 |
| MD F | 209 |
| MD M | 207 |
| MD TOT | 416 |
| NET XX F | 218 |
| NUMBER CD | 18 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,995 |
| SLM XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 8,723 |
| WID F | 40 |
| WID M | 15 |
| WID TOT | 55 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS018011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012013 — 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). "Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/shubenacadie-ns018011-1881/.