Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Halifax (County-Comté)
Upper Prospect, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Upper Prospect was a census subdivision in Halifax (County-Comté) County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,133. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.522°N, 63.785°W.
Population
In 1881, Upper Prospect had a population of 1,133: 617 male and 516 female residents. Population density was 39.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 856 |
| 1881 | 1,133 |
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 Prospect shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 206 |
| Number of families | 206 |
| Number of females | 516 |
| Number of males | 617 |
| Number of married females | 173 |
| Number of married males | 176 |
| Number of married persons | 349 |
| Number of widowed females | 23 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 33 |
| POP TOT | 1,133 |
| Total population | 1,133 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 320 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 431 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 751 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 176 |
| Number of occupied houses | 176 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 134 |
| Acres of potatoes | 44 |
| BAR BU | 20 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 156 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 537 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,072 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 42 |
| HAY AC | 134 |
| HAY TONS | 180 |
| OAT BU | 156 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 12 |
| POT AC | 44 |
| POT BU | 6,072 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 180 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 136 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 3,963 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 11,937 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 36 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 52,516 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 3,330 |
| Number of fishing boats | 393 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 11 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 373 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 55 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 48,880 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 4,366 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1,963 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 3,963 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 373 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 393 |
| C UNMD F | 320 |
| C UNMD M | 431 |
| C UNMD TOT | 751 |
| CD NAME | Halifax (County-Comté) |
| COD DX K | 4,366 |
| D OCC | 176 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 516 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 3,330 |
| GSP XB Q | 136 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 176 |
| H UNINH | 12 |
| HAD DX K | 1,963 |
| LOB XC P | 48,880 |
| MALE | 617 |
| MCK XB Q | 11,937 |
| MD F | 173 |
| MD M | 176 |
| MD TOT | 349 |
| NET XX F | 52,516 |
| NUMBER CD | 10 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 537 |
| SLM XB Q | 36 |
| TUR BU | 42 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 55 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 11 |
| WID F | 23 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 33 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS010006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010006 — 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). "Upper Prospect, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/upper-prospect-ns010006-1881/.