Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Inverness
Strath Lorne, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Strath Lorne was a census subdivision in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,588. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.216°N, 61.238°W.
Population
In 1881, Strath Lorne had a population of 1,588: 807 male and 781 female residents. Population density was 28.2 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, Strath Lorne shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 228 |
| Number of families | 228 |
| Number of females | 781 |
| Number of males | 807 |
| Number of married females | 192 |
| Number of married males | 192 |
| Number of married persons | 383 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 49 |
| POP TOT | 1,588 |
| Total population | 1,588 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 556 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 600 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,156 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 228 |
| Number of occupied houses | 228 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,197 |
| Acres of potatoes | 293 |
| Acres of wheat | 207 |
| BAR BU | 2,579 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,579 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,467 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 69 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 24,874 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 59 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 29,495 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,337 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 778 |
| BWT BU | 1,467 |
| HAY AC | 2,197 |
| HAY TONS | 2,898 |
| OAT BU | 24,874 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 19 |
| POT AC | 293 |
| POT BU | 29,495 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,898 |
| WHT AC | 207 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,337 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 17 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 86 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 58 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 129 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 687 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 65 |
| Number of fishing boats | 14 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 25 |
| Number of shoremen | 3 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 365 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 7 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 47 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 58 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 25 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 14 |
| C UNMD F | 556 |
| C UNMD M | 600 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,156 |
| CD NAME | Inverness |
| COD DX K | 365 |
| D OCC | 228 |
| EEL XB Q | 17 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 7 |
| FEMALE | 781 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 65 |
| GRA BU | 69 |
| GSP XB Q | 86 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 228 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| HAD DX K | 47 |
| MALE | 807 |
| MCK XB Q | 129 |
| MD F | 192 |
| MD M | 192 |
| MD TOT | 383 |
| NET XX F | 687 |
| NUMBER CD | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 59 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 3 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 778 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 49 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS004011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013020 — 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). "Strath Lorne, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/strath-lorne-ns004011-1881/.