Arichat, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Arichat was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 670. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.537°N, 61.018°W.

Population

In 1891, Arichat had a population of 670: 325 male and 345 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Arichat shared boundaries with:

• Arichat E
• Descousse
• West Arichat

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 670 total population, 345 females, 325 males, 228 married persons, 166 families, 114 married females, 114 married males, 53 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 4 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 389 single persons under 18, 197 single females under 18, 192 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 670 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 150 occupied houses, 149 houses, 149 houses built of wood, 138 houses of 1 story, 63 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 2 stories, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,752 pounds of homemade butter, 3,042 acres of land in farms, 2,419 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,346 bushels of potatoes, 747 chickens, 623 acres of improved land in farms, 514 bushels of turnips, 442 tons of hay, 362 acres of farmland under crops, 309 acres of hay crops, 256 acres of farmland in pasture, 253 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 231 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 151 milk cows, 144 sheep, 122 bushels of oats, 121 occupants of farms, 110 farm occupants who own their land, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 78 other cattle, 77 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 58 horses aged over 3 years, 55 sheep slaughtered or sold, 50 bushels of barley, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 26 cattle killed or sold, 24 swine, 24 swine slaughtered or sold, 20 acres of potatoes, 16 geese, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 other fowl, 9 oxen, 8 ducks, 6 acres of oats, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 bushels of beans, 3 bushels of peas, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 acres of barley. (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: NS041001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS018001 — 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, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/arichat-ns041001-1891/.