Windsor Road, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Windsor Road was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 965. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.846°N, 63.681°W.
Population
In 1881, Windsor Road had a population of 965: 494 male and 471 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 850 |
| 1881 | 965 |
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, Windsor Road shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 965 total population, 494 males, 471 females, 277 married persons, 175 families, 139 married females, 138 married males, 44 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 644 single persons under 18, 339 single males under 18, 305 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 173 occupied houses, 172 inhabited houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,443 bushels of potatoes, 6,565 bushels of turnips, 3,112 bushels of oats, 1,314 tons of hay, 1,037 acres of hay crops, 891 bushels of other root crops, 303 bushels of spring wheat, 226 bushels of buckwheat, 151 acres of potatoes, 124 bushels of peas and beans, 114 bushels of barley, 50 acres of wheat, 25 bushels of corn, 12 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 965 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:
NS010015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010015— 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). "Windsor Road, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/windsor-road-ns010015-1881/.