Westport, Nova Scotia (1881 census)

Westport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 733. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7989577. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.256°N, 66.365°W.

Population

In 1881, Westport had a population of 733: 359 male and 374 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).

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 733 total population, 374 females, 359 males, 270 married persons, 151 families, 140 married males, 130 married females, 37 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 426 single persons under 18, 216 single males under 18, 210 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 117 inhabited houses, 117 occupied houses, 4 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,395 bushels of potatoes, 613 bushels of other root crops, 595 bushels of turnips, 210 tons of hay, 125 acres of hay crops, 110 bushels of oats, 75 bushels of buckwheat, 40 bushels of barley, 16 bushels of spring wheat, 13 acres of potatoes, 8 bushels of peas and beans, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 12,260 gallons of fish oil, 11,258 quintals of cod, 8,437 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 4,607 fathoms of fishing nets, 299 barrels of herring or alewives, 258 men on fishing vessels, 204 barrels of halibut, 92 men on fishing boats, 50 fishing vessels, 50 quintals of fascines fish, 49 fishing boats, 25 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 733 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: NS015006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS009024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7989577
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport,_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). "Westport, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/westport-ns015006-1881/.