Fraser's Mountain & Churchville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Fraser's Mountain & Churchville was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,441. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5034975. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.548°N, 62.618°W.

Population

In 1891, Fraser's Mountain & Churchville had a population of 1,441: 739 male and 702 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Trenton t-v, 1901 (36.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Churchville, 1901 (63.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Fraser's Mountain & Churchville shared boundaries with:

• Bridgeville
• Hopewell & Lorne
• Little Harbour
• McLellans Mountain
• New Glasgow, Town—Ville
• Pictou Island & Fisher's Grant
• Stellarton

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,441 total population, 739 males, 702 females, 463 married persons, 291 families, 233 married males, 230 married females, 73 widowed persons, 52 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 905 single persons under 18, 485 single males under 18, 420 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,440 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 291 houses, 291 occupied houses, 285 houses built of wood, 280 houses of 1 story, 148 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 63 houses of 5 rooms, 56 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 2 houses built of brick, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,769 pounds of homemade butter, 15,087 bushels of potatoes, 12,228 acres of land in farms, 10,055 bushels of oats, 8,263 acres of improved land in farms, 4,760 acres of farmland under crops, 4,670 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,965 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,462 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,975 bushels of turnips, 2,848 chickens, 2,556 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,736 acres of hay crops, 1,685 tons of hay, 1,654 bushels of spring wheat, 1,279 bushels of barley, 1,149 sheep, 751 acres of oats, 609 sheep slaughtered or sold, 564 bushels of buckwheat, 562 milk cows, 410 other cattle, 231 horses aged over 3 years, 217 bushels of peas, 161 cattle killed or sold, 159 swine slaughtered or sold, 157 occupants of farms, 156 farm occupants who own their land, 131 acres of potatoes, 129 acres of wheat, 87 acres of barley, 71 horses aged 3 years and under, 69 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 63 turkeys, 60 bushels of beans, 57 swine, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 41 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 bushels of corn, 22 ducks, 21 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 20 geese, 16 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS039008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS039008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5034975
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_North,_Nova_Scotia

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Fraser's Mountain & Churchville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/fraser-s-mountain-churchville-ns039008-1891/.