Antigonish, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Antigonish, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,758. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q575483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.623°N, 61.992°W.

Population

In 1891, Antigonish, T-V had a population of 2,758: 1,377 male and 1,381 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Antigonish, 1881 (2.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Antigonish, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Antigonish, Village
• Salt Springs

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,758 total population, 1,381 females, 1,377 males, 782 married persons, 497 families, 391 married females, 391 married males, 130 widowed persons, 97 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,846 single persons under 18, 953 single males under 18, 893 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,116 persons who are not French Canadian, 642 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 488 occupied houses, 484 houses, 482 houses built of wood, 458 houses of 1 story, 187 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 102 houses of 4 rooms, 71 houses of 5 rooms, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 34 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses under construction, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 56,911 pounds of homemade butter, 45,348 bushels of potatoes, 32,681 acres of land in farms, 23,421 acres of improved land in farms, 21,112 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 20,406 bushels of oats, 13,681 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,038 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 10,206 bushels of turnips, 9,601 acres of farmland under crops, 9,260 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,980 chickens, 6,253 tons of hay, 5,970 acres of hay crops, 3,869 sheep, 3,576 bushels of spring wheat, 2,604 bushels of barley, 1,929 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,822 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,783 other cattle, 1,352 milk cows, 1,205 acres of oats, 692 bushels of buckwheat, 690 cattle killed or sold, 475 occupants of farms, 435 swine slaughtered or sold, 431 farm occupants who own their land, 418 horses aged over 3 years, 416 geese, 397 bushels of beans, 359 swine, 353 acres of potatoes, 311 acres of wheat, 274 bushels of peas, 243 bushels of corn, 207 turkeys, 188 oxen, 143 acres of barley, 143 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 139 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 132 horses aged 3 years and under, 124 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 115 ducks, 111 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 77 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 57 acres of turnips, 43 farm occupants who rent their land, Capacity of silos (tons): 20, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 other fowl, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS027001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS005019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q575483
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonish,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonish_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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). "Antigonish, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/antigonish-t-v-ns027001-1891/.