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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia

Aylesford N, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Aylesford N was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,637. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.066°N, 64.894°W.

Population

In 1891, Aylesford N had a population of 1,637: 849 male and 788 female residents. Population density was 27.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,530
18811,594
18911,637

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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Aylesford N shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.20
FAM NO312
Number of families312
Number of females788
Number of males849
Number of married females269
Number of married males270
Number of married persons539
Number of widowed females51
Number of widowed males27
Number of widowed persons78
POP F788
POP M849
POP TOT1,637
Total population1,637
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18468
Number of single males under 18552
Number of single persons under 181,020
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of persons who are not French Canadian1,637
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties4
Number of houses300
Number of houses built of wood299
Number of houses of 1 story278
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms83
Number of houses of 2 stories18
Number of houses of 3 rooms1
Number of houses of 3 stories3
Number of houses of 4 rooms12
Number of houses of 5 rooms23
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms172
Number of houses of over 15 rooms8
Number of occupied houses304
Number of uninhabited houses4
Agriculture (67 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley97
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards685
Acres of farmland in pasture15,145
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest13,795
Acres of farmland under crops8,584
Acres of hay crops5,047
Acres of improved land in farms24,414
Acres of land in farms38,209
Acres of oats789
Acres of potatoes315
Acres of turnips94
Acres of wheat19
BAR AC97
BAR BU2,127
Bushels of barley produced in the past year2,127
Bushels of beans produced in the past year629
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year2,535
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year9
Bushels of corn produced in the past year787
Bushels of oats produced in the past year16,785
Bushels of peas produced in the past year128
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year43,531
Bushels of rye produced in the past year593
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year298
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year36,772
BWT BU2,535
Capacity of silos (tons)70
CRN BU787
HAY AC5,047
HAY TONS5,500
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year572
Number of chickens3,387
Number of ducks71
Number of employees on farms1
Number of farm occupants who own their land286
Number of farm occupants who rent their land32
Number of geese129
Number of horses aged 3 years and under127
Number of horses aged over 3 years368
Number of milk cows684
Number of occupants of farms319
Number of other cattle1,063
Number of other fowl70
Number of oxen260
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres87
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres65
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres66
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres33
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres68
Number of sheep2,289
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold2,247
Number of swine319
Number of swine slaughtered or sold818
Number of turkeys103
OAT AC789
OAT BU16,785
PEA BU128
POT AC315
POT BU43,531
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year6,070
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year1,232
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year8,573
Pounds of homemade butter71,141
RYE BU593
Tons of hay produced in the past year5,500
WHT AC19
WHT SP BU298
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20087
A 11 5065
A 201 PL33
A 51 10066
BEN BU629
BUTTER LB71,141
CATTLE KS572
CHEESE LB6,070
CHILD AND UNMD FEM468
CHILD AND UNMD MALE552
CHILD AND UNMD TOT1,020
COARSE WOOL LB1,232
COLTS FILLIES127
DUCKS71
FAMILIES312
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.20
FINE WOOL LB8,573
FRN CA0
GEESE129
GRA BU9
HENS AND CHKN3,387
HORSES OVR THREE368
HOUSES300
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM83
HOUSES FIVE RM23
HOUSES FOUR RM12
HOUSES ONE STRY278
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM172
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM8
HOUSES THREE RM1
HOUSES THREE STRY3
HOUSES TWO STRY18
HOUSES UNINH4
HOUSES W299
INF 11 A68
MD FEM269
MD MALE270
MD TOT539
MILK COWS684
NAME CDKing's
OC E1
OC F32
OC P286
OC TOT319
OTHER FOWL70
OTHER HRN CATTLE1,063
OTHERS1,637
SHEEP2,289
SHEEP KS2,247
SILOS70
SUP AM24,414
SUP FOR13,795
SUP JV685
SUP PAT15,145
SUP SC8,584
SUP TOT38,209
SWINE319
SWINE KS818
TOT DWLG OCC304
TUR AC94
TUR BU36,772
TURKEY103
VESS AND SHAN4
WID FEM51
WID MALE27
WID TOT78
WORKING OX260

Identifiers

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). "Aylesford N, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/aylesford-n-ns037012-1891/.