Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Inverness
Young's Bridge, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Young's Bridge was a census subdivision in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.271°N, 61.085°W.
Population
In 1881, Young's Bridge had a population of 1,246: 623 male and 623 female residents. Population density was 25.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,029 |
| 1881 | 1,246 |
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, Young's Bridge shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 163 |
| Number of families | 163 |
| Number of females | 623 |
| Number of males | 623 |
| Number of married females | 154 |
| Number of married males | 155 |
| Number of married persons | 309 |
| Number of widowed females | 23 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 33 |
| POP TOT | 1,246 |
| Total population | 1,246 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 446 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 458 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 904 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 163 |
| Number of occupied houses | 163 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,801 |
| Acres of potatoes | 256 |
| Acres of wheat | 70 |
| BAR BU | 570 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 570 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 508 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 78 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 33 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 10,583 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 22,758 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 863 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,802 |
| BWT BU | 508 |
| CRN BU | 33 |
| HAY AC | 2,801 |
| HAY TONS | 3,551 |
| OAT BU | 10,583 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 16 |
| POT AC | 256 |
| POT BU | 22,758 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,551 |
| WHT AC | 70 |
| WHT SP BU | 863 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 429 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 15 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 88 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 321 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 63 |
| Number of fishing boats | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 19 |
| Number of shoremen | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 276 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 62 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 24 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 15 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 19 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 8 |
| C UNMD F | 446 |
| C UNMD M | 458 |
| C UNMD TOT | 904 |
| CD NAME | Inverness |
| COD DX K | 276 |
| D OCC | 163 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 62 |
| FEMALE | 623 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 63 |
| GRA BU | 78 |
| GSP XB Q | 429 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 163 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAD DX K | 24 |
| MALE | 623 |
| MCK XB Q | 88 |
| MD F | 154 |
| MD M | 155 |
| MD TOT | 309 |
| NET XX F | 321 |
| NUMBER CD | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 63 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 2 |
| SLM XB Q | 6 |
| TUR BU | 1,802 |
| WID F | 23 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 33 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS004015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS004015 — 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). "Young's Bridge, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/young-s-bridge-ns004015-1881/.