Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Hants
Walton, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Walton was a census subdivision in Hants County, 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 density was 14.8 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, Walton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 151 |
| Number of families | 151 |
| Number of females | 428 |
| Number of males | 483 |
| Number of married females | 139 |
| Number of married males | 136 |
| Number of married persons | 275 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 26 |
| POP TOT | 911 |
| Total population | 911 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 271 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 339 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 610 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 151 |
| Number of occupied houses | 151 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 912 |
| Acres of potatoes | 105 |
| Acres of wheat | 131 |
| BAR BU | 302 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 302 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 236 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,761 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 275 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 101 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 14,955 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,871 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,279 |
| BWT BU | 236 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 912 |
| HAY TONS | 1,090 |
| OAT BU | 2,761 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 101 |
| POT AC | 105 |
| POT BU | 14,955 |
| RYE BU | 3 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,090 |
| WHT AC | 131 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,871 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 392 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,280 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 10 |
| Number of fishing boats | 11 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 20 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 10 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 20 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 11 |
| C UNMD F | 271 |
| C UNMD M | 339 |
| C UNMD TOT | 610 |
| CD NAME | Hants |
| D OCC | 151 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 428 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 10 |
| GRA BU | 14 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 151 |
| H UNINH | 12 |
| MALE | 483 |
| MD F | 139 |
| MD M | 136 |
| MD TOT | 275 |
| NET XX F | 3,280 |
| NUMBER CD | 18 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 275 |
| SHD XB Q | 392 |
| TUR BU | 2,279 |
| WID F | 18 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 26 |
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/.