Canso, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Canso, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,824. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936541. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.308°N, 61.052°W.
Population
In 1891, Canso, T-V had a population of 1,824: 938 male and 886 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,824 |
| 1901 | 2,367 |
| 1911 | 1,617 |
| 1921 | 1,626 |
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, T-V 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 1,824 total population, 938 males, 886 females, 610 married persons, 332 families, 306 married females, 304 married males, 68 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,146 single persons under 18, 621 single males under 18, 525 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,670 persons who are not French Canadian, 154 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 315 occupied houses, 314 houses, 314 houses built of wood, 305 houses of 1 story, 101 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 60 houses of 2 rooms, 51 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 9 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,811 pounds of homemade butter, 3,142 acres of land in farms, 3,017 acres of improved land in farms, 2,570 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,904 chickens, 800 bushels of potatoes, 610 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 369 tons of hay, 300 occupants of farms, 292 acres of hay crops, 278 acres of farmland under crops, 267 farm occupants who own their land, 261 bushels of turnips, 253 sheep, 248 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 180 milk cows, 175 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 169 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 125 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 86 ducks, 67 cattle killed or sold, 46 horses aged over 3 years, 46 other cattle, 39 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 38 geese, 37 swine, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 sheep slaughtered or sold, 19 oxen, 14 bushels of oats, 13 swine slaughtered or sold, 10 acres of potatoes, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 bushels of beans, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 acres of oats, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS032002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010033— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2936541
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canseau_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/canso-t-v-ns032002-1891/.