Arichat E, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Arichat E was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,061. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.502°N, 61.003°W.

Population

In 1891, Arichat E had a population of 1,061: 539 male and 522 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Petit de Grat, 1881 (55.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Petite de Grat, 1901 (55.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Arichat E shared boundaries with:

• Arichat
• Petit de Grat

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,061 total population, 539 males, 522 females, 325 married persons, 180 families, 163 married females, 162 married males, 51 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 685 single persons under 18, 363 single males under 18, 322 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 830 French Canadians, 231 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 178 houses, 178 occupied houses, 177 houses built of wood, 157 houses of 1 story, 59 houses of 2 rooms, 57 houses of 3 rooms, 39 houses of 4 rooms, 20 houses of 2 stories, 19 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 20,654 pounds of homemade butter, 4,550 bushels of potatoes, 2,621 acres of land in farms, 2,119 acres of improved land in farms, 1,948 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,508 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,231 chickens, 673 sheep, 635 tons of hay, 564 acres of farmland under crops, 502 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 445 acres of hay crops, 319 bushels of turnips, 292 bushels of oats, 263 milk cows, 208 other cattle, 173 occupants of farms, 172 farm occupants who own their land, 164 sheep slaughtered or sold, 148 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 76 acres of potatoes, 63 horses aged over 3 years, 63 swine slaughtered or sold, 47 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 45 swine, 35 bushels of barley, 28 cattle killed or sold, 28 oxen, 25 bushels of beans, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 19 geese, 13 bushels of corn, 12 acres of oats, 10 bushels of peas, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 turkeys, Capacity of silos (tons): 3, 3 other fowl, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 ducks, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS041002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS041002 — 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). "Arichat E, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/arichat-e-ns041002-1891/.