Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Richmond
St. Peter, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
St. Peter was a census subdivision in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,299. 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 density was 30.5 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, St. Peter shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 210 |
| Number of families | 210 |
| Number of females | 640 |
| Number of males | 659 |
| Number of married females | 189 |
| Number of married males | 187 |
| Number of married persons | 376 |
| Number of widowed females | 34 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 47 |
| POP TOT | 1,299 |
| Total population | 1,299 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 417 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 459 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 876 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 25 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 209 |
| Number of occupied houses | 209 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 30 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,447 |
| Acres of potatoes | 207 |
| Acres of wheat | 8 |
| BAR BU | 233 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 233 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,129 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 98 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 16,926 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 82 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 350 |
| BWT BU | 8 |
| HAY AC | 1,447 |
| HAY TONS | 1,291 |
| OAT BU | 1,129 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 8 |
| POT AC | 207 |
| POT BU | 16,926 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,291 |
| WHT AC | 8 |
| WHT SP BU | 82 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 420 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 587 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 50 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 7,118 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,158 |
| Number of fishing boats | 65 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 7 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 95 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 50 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,766 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 177 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 420 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 95 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 65 |
| C UNMD F | 417 |
| C UNMD M | 459 |
| C UNMD TOT | 876 |
| CD NAME | Richmond |
| COD DX K | 2,766 |
| D OCC | 209 |
| EEL XB Q | 6 |
| FEMALE | 640 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,158 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| GSP XB Q | 10 |
| H CON | 25 |
| H INHAB | 209 |
| H UNINH | 30 |
| HAD DX K | 177 |
| HAL XB Q | 9 |
| MALE | 659 |
| MCK XB Q | 587 |
| MD F | 189 |
| MD M | 187 |
| MD TOT | 376 |
| NET XX F | 7,118 |
| NUMBER CD | 7 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 98 |
| OYS XB Q | 50 |
| SLM XB Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 350 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 50 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 7 |
| WID F | 34 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 47 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS007007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS018016 — 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. Peter, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-peter-ns007007-1881/.