Cape Sable Island Centre, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Cape Sable Island Centre was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,088. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.488°N, 65.592°W.

Population

In 1891, Cape Sable Island Centre had a population of 1,088: 566 male and 522 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Cape Sable Island, 1881 (45.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Cape Sable Island Centre shared boundaries with:

• Cape Sable Island

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,088 total population, 566 males, 522 females, 405 married persons, 217 families, 203 married females, 202 married males, 42 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 641 single persons under 18, 355 single males under 18, 286 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,088 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 217 houses, 217 houses built of wood, 217 occupied houses, 211 houses of 1 story, 123 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 23,240 pounds of homemade butter, 3,173 acres of land in farms, 2,628 bushels of potatoes, 1,982 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,706 chickens, 1,191 acres of improved land in farms, 922 acres of farmland under crops, 571 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 554 tons of hay, 547 bushels of turnips, 442 acres of hay crops, 262 acres of farmland in pasture, 256 sheep, 240 milk cows, 208 occupants of farms, 202 farm occupants who own their land, 156 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 147 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 142 other cattle, 127 bushels of oats, 88 swine, 50 bushels of peas, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 47 swine slaughtered or sold, 44 oxen, 43 ducks, 38 cattle killed or sold, 28 acres of potatoes, 27 bushels of beans, 22 horses aged over 3 years, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 4 acres of oats, 4 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS042004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS042004 — 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). "Cape Sable Island Centre, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/cape-sable-island-centre-ns042004-1891/.