St. Andrew's, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
St. Andrew's was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,279. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.561°N, 61.851°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Andrew's had a population of 1,279: 599 male and 680 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,297 |
| 1881 | 1,279 |
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, St. Andrew's shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,279 total population, 680 females, 599 males, 303 married persons, 209 families, 152 married females, 151 married males, 65 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 911 single persons under 18, 484 single females under 18, 427 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 208 inhabited houses, 208 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 24,386 bushels of potatoes, 19,279 bushels of oats, 4,032 tons of hay, 3,316 acres of hay crops, 2,991 bushels of spring wheat, 1,943 bushels of turnips, 1,050 bushels of buckwheat, 446 bushels of barley, 293 acres of wheat, 246 acres of potatoes, 102 bushels of other root crops, 101 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 58 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,279 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:
NS021007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS021007— 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). "St. Andrew's, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-andrew-s-ns021007-1881/.