Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Upper Musquodoboit was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,143. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7898814. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.132°N, 62.938°W.

Population

In 1881, Upper Musquodoboit had a population of 1,143: 581 male and 562 female residents.

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, Upper Musquodoboit shared boundaries with:

• Middle Musquodoboit
• Middle Stewiacke
• NO DATA
• Upper Stewiacke

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,143 total population, 581 males, 562 females, 350 married persons, 200 families, 176 married males, 174 married females, 42 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 751 single persons under 18, 393 single males under 18, 358 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 195 occupied houses, 194 inhabited houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 21,338 bushels of potatoes, 10,036 bushels of oats, 4,099 bushels of buckwheat, 3,319 tons of hay, 3,104 acres of hay crops, 2,142 bushels of turnips, 2,124 bushels of spring wheat, 833 bushels of barley, 726 bushels of other root crops, 178 acres of wheat, 126 acres of potatoes, 98 bushels of peas and beans, 73 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 50 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,144 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: NS010027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS045038 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7898814

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). "Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/upper-musquodoboit-ns010027-1881/.