Tusket, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Tusket was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,486. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.861°N, 65.886°W.
Population
In 1881, Tusket had a population of 3,486: 1,748 male and 1,738 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,934 |
| 1881 | 3,486 |
| 1891 | 1,699 |
| 1901 | 1,560 |
| 1911 | 1,611 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Islands, 1891 (11.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Tusket, 1891 (33.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Belleville, 1891 (55.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Tusket shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,486 total population, 1,748 males, 1,738 females, 1,112 married persons, 560 families, 556 married females, 556 married males, 97 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,277 single persons under 18, 1,171 single males under 18, 1,106 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 535 occupied houses, 534 inhabited houses, 28 houses under construction, 19 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 42,008 bushels of potatoes, 5,646 bushels of turnips, 2,623 tons of hay, 2,271 bushels of other root crops, 2,234 acres of hay crops, 401 acres of potatoes, 329 bushels of spring wheat, 323 bushels of peas and beans, 183 bushels of oats, 126 bushels of corn, 49 bushels of barley, 31 bushels of buckwheat, 28 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of winter wheat, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 7,625 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,733 barrels of gaspareaux, 998 quintals of cod, 437 gallons of fish oil, 201 barrels of other fish, 201 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 191 barrels of eels, 130 barrels of mackerel, 88 men on fishing boats, 67 fishing boats, 32 barrels of herring or alewives, 19 barrels of halibut, 17 men on fishing vessels, 10 barrels of salmon, 5 barrels of trout, 1 fishing vessels, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad, 1 barrels of whitefish, 1 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,486 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:
NS014008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS053018— 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). "Tusket, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/tusket-ns014008-1881/.