Arichat W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Arichat W-O (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Arichat W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,189. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.537°N, 61.111°W.

Population

In 1891, Arichat W-O had a population of 1,189: 581 male and 608 female residents. Population density was 60.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	1,661
1881	1,586
1891	1,189
1901	1,045
1911	1,004
1921	1,061

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 W-O shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 130 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.60
FAM NO	214
Number of families	214
Number of females	608
Number of males	581
Number of married females	197
Number of married males	199
Number of married persons	396
Number of widowed females	64
Number of widowed males	17
Number of widowed persons	81
POP F	608
POP M	581
POP TOT	1,189
Total population	1,189

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	347
Number of single males under 18	365
Number of single persons under 18	712

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,046
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	143

Buildings & housing (13 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	214
Number of houses built of wood	214
Number of houses of 1 room	6
Number of houses of 1 story	214
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	3
Number of houses of 2 rooms	31
Number of houses of 3 rooms	53
Number of houses of 4 rooms	77
Number of houses of 5 rooms	17
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	27
Number of houses under construction	11
Number of occupied houses	214
Number of uninhabited houses	29

Agriculture (41 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	16
Acres of farmland in pasture	79
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	3,302
Acres of farmland under crops	598
Acres of hay crops	429
Acres of improved land in farms	693
Acres of land in farms	3,995
Acres of oats	5
Acres of potatoes	16
Acres of turnips	2
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	4
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	104
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,019
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	235
HAY AC	429
HAY TONS	618
Number of chickens	1,042
Number of ducks	12
Number of farm occupants who own their land	213
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	6
Number of geese	14
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	3
Number of horses aged over 3 years	62
Number of milk cows	244
Number of occupants of farms	219
Number of other cattle	207
Number of other fowl	6
Number of oxen	22
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	27
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	184
Number of sheep	594
OAT AC	5
OAT BU	104
POT AC	16
POT BU	2,019
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	1,229
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	514
Pounds of homemade butter	8,938
Tons of hay produced in the past year	618

Other recorded variables (56 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	5
A 11 50	27
A 51 100	3
BEN BU	4
BUTTER LB	8,938
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	347
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	365
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	712
COARSE WOOL LB	1,229
COLTS FILLIES	3
DUCKS	12
FAMILIES	214
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.60
FINE WOOL LB	514
FRN CA	1,046
GEESE	14
HENS AND CHKN	1,042
HORSES OVR THREE	62
HOUSES	214
HOUSES CON	11
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	3
HOUSES FIVE RM	17
HOUSES FOUR RM	77
HOUSES ONE RM	6
HOUSES ONE STRY	214
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	27
HOUSES THREE RM	53
HOUSES TWO RM	31
HOUSES UNINH	29
HOUSES W	214
INF 11 A	184
MD FEM	197
MD MALE	199
MD TOT	396
MILK COWS	244
NAME CD	Richmond
OC F	6
OC P	213
OC TOT	219
OTHER FOWL	6
OTHER HRN CATTLE	207
OTHERS	143
SHEEP	594
SUP AM	693
SUP FOR	3,302
SUP JV	16
SUP PAT	79
SUP SC	598
SUP TOT	3,995
TOT DWLG OCC	214
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	235
WID FEM	64
WID MALE	17
WID TOT	81
WORKING OX	22

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS041015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS018003_1871 — 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 W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/arichat-w-o-ns041015-1891/.