St. Bernard, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
St. Bernard was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,125. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7587291. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.379°N, 65.938°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Bernard had a population of 1,125: 555 male and 570 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,125 |
| 1891 | 1,240 |
| 1901 | 1,296 |
| 1911 | 1,253 |
| 1921 | 1,368 |
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. Bernard shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,125 total population, 570 females, 555 males, 335 married persons, 187 families, 168 married males, 167 married females, 41 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 749 single persons under 18, 379 single males under 18, 370 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 183 occupied houses, 180 inhabited houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 19,537 bushels of potatoes, 4,237 bushels of turnips, 1,408 bushels of other root crops, 1,293 tons of hay, 1,174 acres of hay crops, 1,078 bushels of oats, 616 bushels of buckwheat, 588 bushels of spring wheat, 298 bushels of barley, 168 acres of potatoes, 56 bushels of peas and beans, 39 acres of wheat, 30 bushels of corn, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,719 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 1,419 fathoms of fishing nets, 331 barrels of herring or alewives, 273 barrels of mackerel, 259 gallons of fish oil, 99 men on fishing boats, 62 shoremen, 53 fishing boats, 48 quintals of cod. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,125 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:
NS015009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7587291
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bernard,_Nova_Scotia
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. Bernard, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-bernard-ns015009-1881/.