Baywater, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Baywater was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 608. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.558°N, 64.118°W.

Population

In 1891, Baywater had a population of 608: 334 male and 274 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, Baywater shared boundaries with:

• Chester
• Mill Cove
• Tancook

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 608 total population, 334 males, 274 females, 206 married persons, 122 families, 104 married males, 102 married females, 22 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 380 single persons under 18, 222 single males under 18, 158 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 607 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 115 houses, 115 houses built of wood, 115 houses of 1 story, 115 occupied houses, 50 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,470 acres of land in farms, 6,335 pounds of homemade butter, 5,526 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,045 bushels of potatoes, 2,941 bushels of turnips, 1,238 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,040 bushels of barley, 944 acres of improved land in farms, 826 chickens, 532 acres of farmland under crops, 489 sheep, 466 tons of hay, 411 acres of farmland in pasture, 384 acres of hay crops, 183 bushels of oats, 183 oxen, 182 swine, 127 other cattle, 109 occupants of farms, 106 swine slaughtered or sold, 105 farm occupants who own their land, 103 milk cows, 79 cattle killed or sold, 77 sheep slaughtered or sold, 76 geese, 56 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 42 acres of potatoes, 39 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 27 acres of barley, 24 acres of turnips, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14 ducks, 14 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 acres of oats, 7 horses aged over 3 years, 4 bushels of beans, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS038001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS038001 — 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). "Baywater, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/baywater-ns038001-1891/.