Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Upper Musquodoboit was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,193. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.132°N, 62.938°W.
Population
In 1891, Upper Musquodoboit had a population of 1,193: 616 male and 577 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,078 |
| 1881 | 1,143 |
| 1891 | 1,193 |
| 1901 | 1,219 |
| 1911 | 1,163 |
| 1921 | 987 |
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, Upper Musquodoboit shared boundaries with:
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 1,193 total population, 616 males, 577 females, 383 married persons, 236 families, 194 married males, 189 married females, 48 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 762 single persons under 18, 402 single males under 18, 360 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,193 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 236 occupied houses, 235 houses, 235 houses built of wood, 232 houses of 1 story, 90 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 2 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 33,815 pounds of homemade butter, 27,902 acres of land in farms, 19,032 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,899 bushels of potatoes, 8,870 acres of improved land in farms, 8,488 bushels of oats, 5,048 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,017 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,817 acres of farmland under crops, 2,999 tons of hay, 2,898 bushels of turnips, 2,820 acres of hay crops, 2,070 chickens, 1,932 bushels of buckwheat, 1,701 sheep, 1,530 bushels of barley, 983 sheep slaughtered or sold, 798 other cattle, 770 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 688 milk cows, 439 acres of oats, 301 geese, 286 swine slaughtered or sold, 219 cattle killed or sold, 205 occupants of farms, 203 horses aged over 3 years, 189 farm occupants who own their land, 178 bushels of spring wheat, 160 oxen, 121 swine, 118 acres of potatoes, 117 turkeys, 90 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 72 acres of barley, 72 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 70 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 49 horses aged 3 years and under, 42 bushels of beans, 39 other fowl, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 ducks, 14 acres of turnips, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 acres of wheat, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of peas. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Noel Cope | 1847–1918 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011023— 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). "Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/upper-musquodoboit-ns034016-1891/.