Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Digby
Westport, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Westport was a census subdivision in Digby County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 733. 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 density was 121.3 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).
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 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 | 374 |
| Number of males | 359 |
| Number of married females | 130 |
| Number of married males | 140 |
| Number of married persons | 270 |
| Number of widowed females | 34 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 37 |
| POP TOT | 733 |
| Total population | 733 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 210 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 216 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 426 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 117 |
| Number of occupied houses | 117 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 125 |
| Acres of potatoes | 13 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR BU | 40 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 75 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 110 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 613 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,395 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 595 |
| BWT BU | 75 |
| HAY AC | 125 |
| HAY TONS | 210 |
| OAT BU | 110 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 8 |
| POT AC | 13 |
| POT BU | 1,395 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 210 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 16 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 204 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 299 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 25 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,607 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 12,260 |
| Number of fishing boats | 49 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 50 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 92 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 258 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 11,258 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 50 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 8,437 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 299 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 92 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 49 |
| C UNMD F | 210 |
| C UNMD M | 216 |
| C UNMD TOT | 426 |
| CD NAME | Digby |
| COD DX K | 11,258 |
| D OCC | 117 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 50 |
| FEMALE | 374 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 12,260 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 117 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| HAD DX K | 8,437 |
| HAL XB Q | 204 |
| MALE | 359 |
| MCK XB Q | 25 |
| MD F | 130 |
| MD M | 140 |
| MD TOT | 270 |
| NET XX F | 4,607 |
| NUMBER CD | 15 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 613 |
| TUR BU | 595 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 258 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 50 |
| WID F | 34 |
| WID M | 3 |
| WID TOT | 37 |
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: 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). "Westport, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/westport-ns015006-1881/.