Barrington, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Barrington was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 880. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.579°N, 65.585°W.
Population
In 1891, Barrington had a population of 880: 428 male and 452 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,527 |
| 1881 | 1,662 |
| 1891 | 880 |
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 Barrington, 1881 (86.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Barrington shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 880 total population, 452 females, 428 males, 359 married persons, 190 families, 180 married females, 179 married males, 49 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 472 single persons under 18, 237 single females under 18, 235 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 880 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 188 houses, 188 houses built of wood, 188 occupied houses, 168 houses of 1 story, 123 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 20 houses of 2 stories, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 22,512 pounds of homemade butter, 8,268 acres of land in farms, 7,154 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,981 bushels of potatoes, 1,575 chickens, 1,240 bushels of turnips, 1,114 acres of improved land in farms, 1,042 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 755 tons of hay, 650 acres of farmland under crops, 495 sheep, 432 acres of farmland in pasture, 428 acres of hay crops, 216 milk cows, 203 occupants of farms, 195 farm occupants who own their land, 188 other cattle, 183 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 182 bushels of oats, 108 horses aged over 3 years, 98 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 71 swine slaughtered or sold, 67 sheep slaughtered or sold, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 52 bushels of beans, 49 bushels of peas, 48 oxen, 43 swine, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 31 cattle killed or sold, 27 acres of potatoes, 23 bushels of barley, 23 bushels of corn, 18 ducks, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 acres of turnips, 5 acres of oats, 5 other fowl, 3 geese, 2 turkeys, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS042001— 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). "Barrington, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/barrington-ns042001-1891/.