Canso, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Canso (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Canso was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,824. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.308°N, 61.052°W.

Population

In 1891, Canso had a population of 1,824: 938 male and 886 female residents. Population density was 52.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	1,136
1881	1,451
1891	1,824
1901	2,367

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, Canso shared boundaries with:

Whitehead

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.40
FAM NO	332
Number of families	332
Number of females	886
Number of males	938
Number of married females	306
Number of married males	304
Number of married persons	610
Number of widowed females	55
Number of widowed males	13
Number of widowed persons	68
POP F	886
POP M	938
POP TOT	1,824
Total population	1,824

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	525
Number of single males under 18	621
Number of single persons under 18	1,146

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	154
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,670

Buildings & housing (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	314
Number of houses built of wood	314
Number of houses of 1 room	10
Number of houses of 1 story	305
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 rooms	60
Number of houses of 2 stories	9
Number of houses of 3 rooms	50
Number of houses of 4 rooms	51
Number of houses of 5 rooms	31
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	101
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	3
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	315
Number of uninhabited houses	7

Agriculture (46 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	169
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,570
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	125
Acres of farmland under crops	278
Acres of hay crops	292
Acres of improved land in farms	3,017
Acres of land in farms	3,142
Acres of oats	1
Acres of potatoes	10
Acres of turnips	2
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	3
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	14
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	800
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	261
HAY AC	292
HAY TONS	369
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	67
Number of chickens	1,904
Number of ducks	86
Number of farm occupants who own their land	267
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	33
Number of geese	38
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	5
Number of horses aged over 3 years	46
Number of milk cows	180
Number of occupants of farms	300
Number of other cattle	46
Number of oxen	19
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	39
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	10
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	248
Number of sheep	253
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	21
Number of swine	37
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	13
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	1
OAT BU	14
POT AC	10
POT BU	800
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	175
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	610
Pounds of homemade butter	8,811
Tons of hay produced in the past year	369

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	39
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	10
BEN BU	3
BUTTER LB	8,811
CATTLE KS	67
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	525
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	621
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,146
COARSE WOOL LB	175
COLTS FILLIES	5
DUCKS	86
FAMILIES	332
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.40
FINE WOOL LB	610
FRN CA	154
GEESE	38
HENS AND CHKN	1,904
HORSES OVR THREE	46
HOUSES	314
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	8
HOUSES FIVE RM	31
HOUSES FOUR RM	51
HOUSES ONE RM	10
HOUSES ONE STRY	305
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	101
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	3
HOUSES THREE RM	50
HOUSES TWO RM	60
HOUSES TWO STRY	9
HOUSES UNINH	7
HOUSES W	314
INF 11 A	248
MD FEM	306
MD MALE	304
MD TOT	610
MILK COWS	180
NAME CD	Guysborough
OC F	33
OC P	267
OC TOT	300
OTHER HRN CATTLE	46
OTHERS	1,670
SHEEP	253
SHEEP KS	21
SUP AM	3,017
SUP FOR	125
SUP JV	169
SUP PAT	2,570
SUP SC	278
SUP TOT	3,142
SWINE	37
SWINE KS	13
TOT DWLG OCC	315
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	261
TURKEY	2
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	55
WID MALE	13
WID TOT	68
WORKING OX	19

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS032002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS032002 — 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). "Canso, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/canso-ns032002-1891/.