St. Joseph, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.556°N, 62.120°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Joseph had a population of 1,700: 836 male and 864 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,700 |
| 1891 | 1,446 |
| 1901 | 1,285 |
| 1911 | — |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Lochaber, 1871 (61.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Joseph 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 1,700 total population, 864 females, 836 males, 389 married persons, 260 families, 195 married females, 194 married males, 86 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,225 single persons under 18, 614 single females under 18, 611 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 260 occupied houses, 253 inhabited houses, 7 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 28,518 bushels of potatoes, 16,885 bushels of oats, 4,143 acres of hay crops, 3,960 tons of hay, 3,016 bushels of buckwheat, 2,871 bushels of spring wheat, 1,608 bushels of turnips, 401 acres of potatoes, 342 bushels of barley, 295 acres of wheat, 123 bushels of peas and beans, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,700 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:
NS021011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038014— 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. Joseph, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-joseph-ns021011-1881/.