Weymouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Weymouth was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,784. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.422°N, 65.933°W.
Population
In 1881, Weymouth had a population of 1,784: 890 male and 894 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,440 |
| 1881 | 1,784 |
| 1891 | 1,968 |
| 1901 | 685 |
| 1911 | 682 |
| 1921 | 632 |
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, Weymouth shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,784 total population, 894 females, 890 males, 593 married persons, 336 families, 298 married males, 295 married females, 75 widowed persons, 52 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,116 single persons under 18, 569 single males under 18, 547 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 328 inhabited houses, 328 occupied houses, 21 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 23,290 bushels of potatoes, 6,532 bushels of turnips, 1,868 tons of hay, 1,862 bushels of other root crops, 1,760 acres of hay crops, 1,646 bushels of oats, 1,341 bushels of buckwheat, 1,341 bushels of spring wheat, 629 bushels of barley, 329 bushels of peas and beans, 233 bushels of corn, 119 acres of potatoes, 41 acres of wheat, 9 bushels of winter wheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 305 fathoms of fishing nets, 286 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 136 barrels of other fish, 125 barrels of mackerel, 79 barrels of herring or alewives, 58 men on fishing boats, 51 quintals of cod, 39 gallons of fish oil, 31 fishing boats, 8 quintals of fascines fish, 2 barrels of eels, 2 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Campbell | 1822–1881 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,784 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:
NS015008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009025— 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). "Weymouth, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/weymouth-ns015008-1881/.