Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Wolfville was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,880. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q475953. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.087°N, 64.358°W.
Population
In 1881, Wolfville had a population of 1,880: 913 male and 967 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,697 |
| 1881 | 1,880 |
| 1891 | 1,963 |
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, Wolfville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,880 total population, 967 females, 913 males, 560 married persons, 353 families, 280 married females, 280 married males, 99 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,221 single persons under 18, 616 single females under 18, 605 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 331 inhabited houses, 331 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 103,499 bushels of potatoes, 14,873 bushels of oats, 8,132 bushels of turnips, 4,087 bushels of spring wheat, 3,819 tons of hay, 2,959 acres of hay crops, 2,756 bushels of other root crops, 642 bushels of buckwheat, 547 acres of potatoes, 505 bushels of barley, 287 bushels of peas and beans, 236 acres of wheat, 229 bushels of corn, 129 bushels of rye, 70 bushels of winter wheat, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,578 fathoms of fishing nets, 12 barrels of gaspareaux, 8 shoremen, 6 men on fishing boats, 5 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 278 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| J. M. (John Mockett) Cramp | 1796–1881 | died here |
| Edmund Albern Crawley | 1799–1888 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,880 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:
NS017008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q475953
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfville
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). "Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/wolfville-ns017008-1881/.