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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia  |  Wikidata: Q5019365

Caledonia, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Caledonia was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 214. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5019365. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.293°N, 62.321°W.

Population

In 1891, Caledonia had a population of 214: 110 male and 104 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871237
1881376
1891214
1901268
1911—
1921187

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, Caledonia shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 214 total population, 110 males, 104 females, 69 married persons, 42 families, 35 married males, 34 married females, 10 widowed persons, 7 widowed females, 5 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 135 single persons under 18, 72 single males under 18, 63 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 214 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 38 houses, 38 houses built of wood, 38 occupied houses, 37 houses of 1 story, 18 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 3 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 11,165 acres of land in farms, 10,060 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,836 pounds of homemade butter, 3,982 bushels of potatoes, 1,355 bushels of oats, 1,306 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,105 acres of improved land in farms, 645 acres of farmland under crops, 518 tons of hay, 472 chickens, 460 acres of farmland in pasture, 381 acres of hay crops, 379 sheep, 350 bushels of buckwheat, 270 bushels of turnips, 177 other cattle, 151 milk cows, 123 bushels of barley, 106 sheep slaughtered or sold, 90 bushels of spring wheat, 65 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 57 horses aged over 3 years, 49 acres of oats, 44 cattle killed or sold, 41 occupants of farms, 40 farm occupants who own their land, 28 swine slaughtered or sold, 23 acres of potatoes, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 14 swine, 12 geese, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 oxen, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 acres of wheat, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 acres of barley, 5 bushels of peas, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 turkeys. (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). "Caledonia, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/caledonia-ns032001-1891/.