Wentworth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Wentworth was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 735. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7982993. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.633°N, 63.549°W.

Population

In 1881, Wentworth had a population of 735: 369 male and 366 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).

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Wentworth, 1871 (81.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Wentworth shared boundaries with:

• Middle Londonderry
• New Annan
• Tatamagouche
• Upper Londonderry
• Victoria Cross Road
• Wallace
• Westchester

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 735 total population, 369 males, 366 females, 258 married persons, 142 families, 130 married males, 128 married females, 27 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 450 single persons under 18, 232 single males under 18, 218 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 142 inhabited houses, 142 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 24,670 bushels of potatoes, 4,944 bushels of oats, 4,185 bushels of buckwheat, 3,791 bushels of spring wheat, 2,902 bushels of turnips, 2,012 tons of hay, 1,823 acres of hay crops, 453 bushels of barley, 309 acres of wheat, 246 bushels of other root crops, 133 bushels of peas and beans, 132 acres of potatoes, 58 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 bushels of corn, 11 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 735 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: NS022005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS008026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7982993
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Wentworth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/wentworth-ns022005-1881/.