Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Barrington Passage was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 625. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4863678. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.533°N, 65.620°W.
Population
In 1891, Barrington Passage had a population of 625: 311 male and 314 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 Barrington, 1881 (13.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Barrington Passage shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 625 total population, 314 females, 311 males, 237 married persons, 146 families, 119 married males, 118 married females, 62 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 326 single persons under 18, 179 single males under 18, 147 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 625 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 143 houses, 143 houses built of wood, 143 occupied houses, 142 houses of 1 story, 109 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 4 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,078 pounds of homemade butter, 6,573 acres of land in farms, 5,391 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,868 bushels of potatoes, 1,182 acres of improved land in farms, 1,048 chickens, 787 bushels of turnips, 654 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 615 acres of farmland in pasture, 546 acres of farmland under crops, 430 sheep, 394 tons of hay, 317 acres of hay crops, 210 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 158 occupants of farms, 143 farm occupants who own their land, 126 milk cows, 71 bushels of peas, 66 cattle killed or sold, 66 swine, 64 swine slaughtered or sold, 58 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 52 other cattle, 41 ducks, 38 bushels of beans, 38 horses aged over 3 years, 34 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 29 sheep slaughtered or sold, 25 acres of potatoes, 23 other fowl, 21 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 bushels of oats, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 oxen, 10 bushels of corn, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of oats. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Robertson | 1852–1902 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS042002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4863678
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 Passage, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/barrington-passage-ns042002-1891/.