Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Somerset, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Somerset was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 967. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.084°N, 64.737°W.
Population
In 1881, Somerset had a population of 967: 483 male and 484 female residents. Population density was 66.6 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, Somerset shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 182 |
| Number of families | 182 |
| Number of females | 484 |
| Number of males | 483 |
| Number of married females | 151 |
| Number of married males | 151 |
| Number of married persons | 302 |
| Number of widowed females | 28 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 43 |
| POP TOT | 967 |
| Total population | 967 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 305 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 317 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 622 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 180 |
| Number of occupied houses | 180 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,789 |
| Acres of potatoes | 451 |
| Acres of wheat | 251 |
| BAR BU | 604 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 604 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,798 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 143 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 10,544 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,704 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 286 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 66,896 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 588 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,069 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 7,607 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 59 |
| BWT BU | 1,798 |
| CRN BU | 143 |
| HAY AC | 2,789 |
| HAY TONS | 3,476 |
| OAT BU | 10,544 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 286 |
| POT AC | 451 |
| POT BU | 66,896 |
| RYE BU | 588 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,476 |
| WHT AC | 251 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,069 |
| WHT WTR BU | 59 |
Fisheries (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 50 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 1 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 3 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 4 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 1 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 305 |
| C UNMD M | 317 |
| C UNMD TOT | 622 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| COD DX K | 3 |
| D OCC | 180 |
| FEMALE | 484 |
| GRA BU | 21 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 180 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 2 |
| MALE | 483 |
| MD F | 151 |
| MD M | 151 |
| MD TOT | 302 |
| NET XX F | 50 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,704 |
| TUR BU | 7,607 |
| WID F | 28 |
| WID M | 15 |
| WID TOT | 43 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014014 — 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). "Somerset, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/somerset-ns017005-1881/.