St. Peter, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
St. Peter was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,299. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463205. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.696°N, 60.845°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Peter had a population of 1,299: 659 male and 640 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 991 |
| 1881 | 1,299 |
| 1891 | 1,199 |
| 1901 | 1,168 |
| 1911 | 1,128 |
| 1921 | 1,117 |
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. Peter shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,299 total population, 659 males, 640 females, 376 married persons, 210 families, 189 married females, 187 married males, 47 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 876 single persons under 18, 459 single males under 18, 417 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 209 inhabited houses, 209 occupied houses, 30 uninhabited houses, 25 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,926 bushels of potatoes, 1,447 acres of hay crops, 1,291 tons of hay, 1,129 bushels of oats, 350 bushels of turnips, 233 bushels of barley, 207 acres of potatoes, 98 bushels of other root crops, 82 bushels of spring wheat, 8 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of buckwheat, 8 bushels of peas and beans, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 7,118 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,766 quintals of cod, 1,158 gallons of fish oil, 587 barrels of mackerel, 420 barrels of herring or alewives, 177 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 95 men on fishing boats, 65 fishing boats, 50 men on fishing vessels, 10 barrels of gaspareaux, 9 barrels of halibut, 7 fishing vessels, 6 barrels of eels, 4 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 50 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,299 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:
NS007007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018016_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463205
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre_(Cap-Breton)
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. Peter, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-peter-ns007007-1881/.