Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Yarmouth
West Tusket River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
West Tusket River was a township in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 344. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.954°N, 65.879°W.
Population
In 1881, West Tusket River had a population of 344: 186 male and 158 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 361 |
| 1881 | 344 |
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, West Tusket River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 64 |
| Number of families | 64 |
| Number of females | 158 |
| Number of males | 186 |
| Number of married females | 59 |
| Number of married males | 57 |
| Number of married persons | 116 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 12 |
| POP TOT | 344 |
| Total population | 344 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 91 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 125 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 216 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 64 |
| Number of occupied houses | 64 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 329 |
| Acres of potatoes | 51 |
| Acres of wheat | 10 |
| BAR BU | 63 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 55 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 39 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 39 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 125 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 71 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,980 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 129 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 830 |
| BWT BU | 55 |
| CRN BU | 39 |
| HAY AC | 329 |
| HAY TONS | 411 |
| OAT BU | 39 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 71 |
| POT AC | 51 |
| POT BU | 3,980 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 411 |
| WHT AC | 10 |
| WHT SP BU | 129 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 935 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 40 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,060 |
| Number of shoremen | 21 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 91 |
| C UNMD M | 125 |
| C UNMD TOT | 216 |
| CD NAME | Yarmouth |
| D OCC | 64 |
| EEL XB Q | 7 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 158 |
| GSP XB Q | 935 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 64 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| MALE | 186 |
| MD F | 59 |
| MD M | 57 |
| MD TOT | 116 |
| NET XX F | 2,060 |
| NUMBER CD | 14 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 40 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 125 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 21 |
| SLM XB Q | 6 |
| TUR BU | 830 |
| WID F | 8 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 12 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS014007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014007 — 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). "West Tusket River, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/west-tusket-river-ns014007-1881/.