Walton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Walton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 911. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.214°N, 63.901°W.
Population
In 1881, Walton had a population of 911: 483 male and 428 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 830 |
| 1881 | 911 |
| 1891 | 687 |
| 1901 | 400 |
| 1911 | 438 |
| 1921 | 442 |
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, Walton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 911 total population, 483 males, 428 females, 275 married persons, 151 families, 139 married females, 136 married males, 26 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 610 single persons under 18, 339 single males under 18, 271 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 151 inhabited houses, 151 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 14,955 bushels of potatoes, 2,761 bushels of oats, 2,279 bushels of turnips, 1,871 bushels of spring wheat, 1,090 tons of hay, 912 acres of hay crops, 302 bushels of barley, 275 bushels of other root crops, 236 bushels of buckwheat, 131 acres of wheat, 105 acres of potatoes, 101 bushels of peas and beans, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 bushels of rye, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,280 fathoms of fishing nets, 20 men on fishing boats, 11 fishing boats, 10 barrels of herring or alewives, 10 gallons of fish oil, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 392 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 911 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:
NS018014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012015— 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). "Walton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/walton-ns018014-1881/.