Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Lunenburg
Summerside, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Summerside was a census subdivision in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,454. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.403°N, 64.476°W.
Population
In 1881, Summerside had a population of 1,454: 736 male and 718 female residents. Population density was 57.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,454 |
| 1891 | 1,513 |
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, Summerside shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 267 |
| Number of families | 267 |
| Number of females | 718 |
| Number of males | 736 |
| Number of married females | 245 |
| Number of married males | 249 |
| Number of married persons | 494 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 51 |
| POP TOT | 1,454 |
| Total population | 1,454 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 440 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 469 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 909 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 220 |
| Number of occupied houses | 222 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,821 |
| Acres of potatoes | 200 |
| Acres of wheat | 9 |
| BAR BU | 2,663 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,663 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 179 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 843 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,725 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 160 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 13,250 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,177 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 222 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,133 |
| BWT BU | 179 |
| CRN BU | 20 |
| HAY AC | 1,821 |
| HAY TONS | 1,264 |
| OAT BU | 843 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 160 |
| POT AC | 200 |
| POT BU | 13,250 |
| RYE BU | 1,177 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,264 |
| WHT AC | 9 |
| WHT SP BU | 222 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 56 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 12 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 668 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,632 |
| Number of fishing boats | 29 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 90 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 4,618 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 56 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 4 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 29 |
| C UNMD F | 440 |
| C UNMD M | 469 |
| C UNMD TOT | 909 |
| CD NAME | Lunenburg |
| COD DX K | 4,618 |
| D OCC | 222 |
| FEMALE | 718 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,632 |
| GRA BU | 4 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 220 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| MALE | 736 |
| MCK XB Q | 12 |
| MD F | 245 |
| MD M | 249 |
| MD TOT | 494 |
| NET XX F | 668 |
| NUMBER CD | 11 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,725 |
| SHAN | 2 |
| TUR BU | 2,133 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 90 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 8 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 18 |
| WID TOT | 51 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS011004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038012 — 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). "Summerside, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/summerside-ns011004-1881/.