Big Pond, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Big Pond (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Big Pond was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 476. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.860°N, 60.573°W.

Population

In 1891, Big Pond had a population of 476: 231 male and 245 female residents. Population density was 12.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	743
1881	702
1891	476
1901	419
1911	371
1921	238

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, Big Pond shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.20
FAM NO	92
Number of families	92
Number of females	245
Number of males	231
Number of married females	58
Number of married males	58
Number of married persons	116
Number of widowed females	23
Number of widowed males	11
Number of widowed persons	34
POP F	245
POP M	231
POP TOT	476
Total population	476

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	164
Number of single males under 18	162
Number of single persons under 18	326

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	476

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	92
Number of houses built of wood	92
Number of houses of 1 story	28
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 rooms	5
Number of houses of 2 stories	63
Number of houses of 3 rooms	6
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	20
Number of houses of 5 rooms	11
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	41
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	2
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	92
Number of uninhabited houses	7

Agriculture (52 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	63
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	23
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,180
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	4,402
Acres of farmland under crops	2,037
Acres of hay crops	566
Acres of improved land in farms	3,240
Acres of land in farms	7,642
Acres of oats	187
Acres of potatoes	134
Acres of turnips	12
Acres of wheat	64
BAR AC	63
BAR BU	960
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	960
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	26
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	5,235
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	10,729
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	860
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	358
HAY AC	566
HAY TONS	857
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	156
Number of chickens	952
Number of ducks	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	88
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	3
Number of geese	10
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	21
Number of horses aged over 3 years	95
Number of milk cows	316
Number of occupants of farms	91
Number of other cattle	224
Number of oxen	17
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	23
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	55
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	4
Number of sheep	1,226
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	382
Number of swine	59
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	69
OAT AC	187
OAT BU	5,235
POT AC	134
POT BU	10,729
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	3,090
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	3,463
Pounds of homemade butter	15,925
Tons of hay produced in the past year	857
WHT AC	64
WHT SP BU	860

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	9
A 11 50	23
A 51 100	55
BEN BU	26
BUTTER LB	15,925
CATTLE KS	156
CHEESE LB	3,090
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	164
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	162
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	326
COLTS FILLIES	21
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	92
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.20
FINE WOOL LB	3,463
FRN CA	0
GEESE	10
HENS AND CHKN	952
HORSES OVR THREE	95
HOUSES	92
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	7
HOUSES FIVE RM	11
HOUSES FOUR RM	20
HOUSES ONE STRY	28
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	41
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	2
HOUSES THREE RM	6
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	5
HOUSES TWO STRY	63
HOUSES UNINH	7
HOUSES W	92
INF 11 A	4
MD FEM	58
MD MALE	58
MD TOT	116
MILK COWS	316
NAME CD	Cape Breton
OC F	3
OC P	88
OC TOT	91
OTHER HRN CATTLE	224
OTHERS	476
SHEEP	1,226
SHEEP KS	382
SUP AM	3,240
SUP FOR	4,402
SUP JV	23
SUP PAT	1,180
SUP SC	2,037
SUP TOT	7,642
SWINE	59
SWINE KS	69
TOT DWLG OCC	92
TUR AC	12
TUR BU	358
WID FEM	23
WID MALE	11
WID TOT	34
WORKING OX	17

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS028002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS006013 — 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). "Big Pond, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/big-pond-ns028002-1891/.