Year: 1891
| Province: Nova Scotia
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 density was 19.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 536 |
| 1891 | 608 |
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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.90 |
| FAM NO | 122 |
| Number of families | 122 |
| Number of females | 274 |
| Number of males | 334 |
| Number of married females | 102 |
| Number of married males | 104 |
| Number of married persons | 206 |
| Number of widowed females | 14 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 22 |
| POP F | 274 |
| POP M | 334 |
| POP TOT | 608 |
| Total population | 608 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 158 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 222 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 380 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 607 |
Buildings & housing (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 115 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 115 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 115 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 23 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 50 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 115 |
Agriculture (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 27 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 411 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 5,526 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 532 |
| Acres of hay crops | 384 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 944 |
| Acres of land in farms | 6,470 |
| Acres of oats | 7 |
| Acres of potatoes | 42 |
| Acres of turnips | 24 |
| BAR AC | 27 |
| BAR BU | 1,040 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,040 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 183 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,045 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,941 |
| HAY AC | 384 |
| HAY TONS | 466 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 79 |
| Number of chickens | 826 |
| Number of ducks | 14 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 105 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 4 |
| Number of geese | 76 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 7 |
| Number of milk cows | 103 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 109 |
| Number of other cattle | 127 |
| Number of oxen | 183 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 39 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 30 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 24 |
| Number of sheep | 489 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 77 |
| Number of swine | 182 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 106 |
| OAT AC | 7 |
| OAT BU | 183 |
| POT AC | 42 |
| POT BU | 5,045 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 56 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,238 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 6,335 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 466 |
Other recorded variables (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 14 |
| A 11 50 | 39 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 30 |
| BEN BU | 4 |
| BUTTER LB | 6,335 |
| CATTLE KS | 79 |
| CHEESE LB | 20 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 158 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 222 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 380 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 56 |
| DUCKS | 14 |
| FAMILIES | 122 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.90 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,238 |
| FRN CA | 1 |
| GEESE | 76 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 826 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 7 |
| HOUSES | 115 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 3 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 23 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 22 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 115 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 50 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 7 |
| HOUSES W | 115 |
| INF 11 A | 24 |
| MD FEM | 102 |
| MD MALE | 104 |
| MD TOT | 206 |
| MILK COWS | 103 |
| NAME CD | Lunenburg |
| OC F | 4 |
| OC P | 105 |
| OC TOT | 109 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 127 |
| OTHERS | 607 |
| SHEEP | 489 |
| SHEEP KS | 77 |
| SUP AM | 944 |
| SUP FOR | 5,526 |
| SUP JV | 1 |
| SUP PAT | 411 |
| SUP SC | 532 |
| SUP TOT | 6,470 |
| SWINE | 182 |
| SWINE KS | 106 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 115 |
| TUR AC | 24 |
| TUR BU | 2,941 |
| WID FEM | 14 |
| WID MALE | 8 |
| WID TOT | 22 |
| WORKING OX | 183 |
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/.