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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia  |  Wikidata: Q4974720

Brooklyn, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Brooklyn was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 614. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4974720. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.072°N, 64.694°W.

Population

In 1891, Brooklyn had a population of 614: 300 male and 314 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891614
1901627
1911572
1921497

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, Brooklyn shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 614 total population, 314 females, 300 males, 236 married persons, 136 families, 119 married males, 117 married females, 34 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 344 single persons under 18, 175 single females under 18, 169 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 614 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 134 houses, 134 houses built of wood, 134 occupied houses, 126 houses of 1 story, 74 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,006 pounds of homemade butter, 5,194 acres of land in farms, 4,417 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,370 bushels of potatoes, 973 chickens, 777 acres of improved land in farms, 462 acres of farmland under crops, 377 acres of hay crops, 327 tons of hay, 300 acres of farmland in pasture, 283 bushels of turnips, 126 occupants of farms, 123 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 122 farm occupants who own their land, 116 bushels of oats, 107 milk cows, 99 other cattle, 72 bushels of beans, 60 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 45 swine slaughtered or sold, 43 sheep, 41 oxen, 37 cattle killed or sold, 36 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 23 sheep slaughtered or sold, 22 bushels of peas, 16 ducks, 16 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 15 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 acres of potatoes, 14 swine, 12 other fowl, 10 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of barley, 8 horses aged over 3 years, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 acres of oats, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 turkeys, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2 acres of turnips, 1 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Brooklyn, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/brooklyn-ns040002-1891/.