Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Digby
Tiverton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Tiverton was a census subdivision in Digby County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 505. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.344°N, 66.257°W.
Population
In 1881, Tiverton had a population of 505: 269 male and 236 female residents. Population density was 41.4 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, Tiverton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 97 |
| Number of families | 97 |
| Number of females | 236 |
| Number of males | 269 |
| Number of married females | 92 |
| Number of married males | 92 |
| Number of married persons | 184 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 21 |
| POP TOT | 505 |
| Total population | 505 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 128 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 172 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 300 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 80 |
| Number of occupied houses | 80 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 166 |
| Acres of potatoes | 31 |
| Acres of wheat | 2 |
| BAR BU | 28 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 26 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 234 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 123 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,902 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 26 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,068 |
| BWT BU | 26 |
| HAY AC | 166 |
| HAY TONS | 276 |
| OAT BU | 234 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 31 |
| POT BU | 2,902 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 276 |
| WHT AC | 2 |
| WHT SP BU | 26 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,066 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,265 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 6,150 |
| Number of fishing boats | 45 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 6 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 84 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 52 |
| Number of shoremen | 4 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,665 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 6,086 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,066 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 84 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 45 |
| C UNMD F | 128 |
| C UNMD M | 172 |
| C UNMD TOT | 300 |
| CD NAME | Digby |
| COD DX K | 2,665 |
| D OCC | 80 |
| FEMALE | 236 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 6,150 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 80 |
| HAD DX K | 6,086 |
| MALE | 269 |
| MD F | 92 |
| MD M | 92 |
| MD TOT | 184 |
| NET XX F | 2,265 |
| NUMBER CD | 15 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 123 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 1,068 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 52 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 6 |
| WID F | 16 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 21 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS015013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009023 — 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). "Tiverton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/tiverton-ns015013-1881/.