Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Wolfville was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,880. 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 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 353 |
| Number of families | 353 |
| Number of females | 967 |
| Number of males | 913 |
| Number of married females | 280 |
| Number of married males | 280 |
| Number of married persons | 560 |
| Number of widowed females | 71 |
| Number of widowed males | 28 |
| Number of widowed persons | 99 |
| POP TOT | 1,880 |
| Total population | 1,880 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 616 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 605 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,221 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 331 |
| Number of occupied houses | 331 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,959 |
| Acres of potatoes | 547 |
| Acres of wheat | 236 |
| BAR BU | 505 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 505 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 642 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 229 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,873 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,756 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 287 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 103,499 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 129 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,087 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 8,132 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 70 |
| BWT BU | 642 |
| CRN BU | 229 |
| HAY AC | 2,959 |
| HAY TONS | 3,819 |
| OAT BU | 14,873 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 287 |
| POT AC | 547 |
| POT BU | 103,499 |
| RYE BU | 129 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,819 |
| WHT AC | 236 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,087 |
| WHT WTR BU | 70 |
Fisheries (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 278 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,578 |
| Number of fishing boats | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 6 |
| Number of shoremen | 8 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 6 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 5 |
| C UNMD F | 616 |
| C UNMD M | 605 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,221 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| D OCC | 331 |
| FEMALE | 967 |
| GRA BU | 19 |
| GSP XB Q | 12 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 331 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| MALE | 913 |
| MD F | 280 |
| MD M | 280 |
| MD TOT | 560 |
| NET XX F | 1,578 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,756 |
| SHD XB Q | 278 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 8 |
| TUR BU | 8,132 |
| WID F | 71 |
| WID M | 28 |
| WID TOT | 99 |
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: 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). "Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/wolfville-ns017008-1881/.