Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Middle Musquodoboit was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 992. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.012°N, 63.119°W.
Population
In 1891, Middle Musquodoboit had a population of 992: 494 male and 498 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,031 |
| 1881 | 1,090 |
| 1891 | 992 |
| 1901 | 945 |
| 1911 | 959 |
| 1921 | 793 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Middle Musquodoboit shared boundaries with:
- Gays River
- Gays River
- Little River
- Meagher Grant
- Middle Stewiacke
- Musquodoboit Harbour
- NO DATA
- Upper Musquodoboit
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 992 total population, 498 females, 494 males, 330 married persons, 195 families, 168 married females, 162 married males, 42 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 620 single persons under 18, 316 single males under 18, 304 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 991 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 195 houses, 195 houses built of wood, 195 occupied houses, 192 houses of 1 story, 110 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,591 acres of land in farms, 37,600 pounds of homemade butter, 27,122 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,557 bushels of potatoes, 11,469 acres of improved land in farms, 8,178 bushels of oats, 6,853 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,476 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,696 bushels of turnips, 4,563 acres of farmland under crops, 3,783 tons of hay, 3,418 acres of hay crops, 2,871 chickens, 1,498 sheep, 1,417 bushels of buckwheat, 1,001 sheep slaughtered or sold, 872 other cattle, 814 bushels of barley, 628 milk cows, 601 geese, 576 turkeys, 421 acres of oats, 352 bushels of spring wheat, 256 swine slaughtered or sold, 241 cattle killed or sold, 208 horses aged over 3 years, 203 occupants of farms, 186 farm occupants who own their land, 129 oxen, 104 acres of potatoes, 101 swine, 69 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 62 horses aged 3 years and under, 57 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 53 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 50 bushels of beans, 41 acres of barley, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 27 bushels of peas, 26 bushels of rye, 25 acres of wheat, 21 acres of turnips, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14 ducks, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011021— 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 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). "Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/middle-musquodoboit-ns034015-1891/.