Catalone, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

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

Catalone was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 781. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.998°N, 60.013°W.

Population

In 1891, Catalone had a population of 781: 407 male and 374 female residents. Population density was 26.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	835
1891	781
1901	345
1911	—
1921	216

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, Catalone shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.70
FAM NO	137
Number of families	137
Number of females	374
Number of males	407
Number of married females	102
Number of married males	101
Number of married persons	203
Number of widowed females	34
Number of widowed males	11
Number of widowed persons	45
POP F	374
POP M	407
POP TOT	781
Total population	781

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	238
Number of single males under 18	295
Number of single persons under 18	533

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	781

Buildings & housing (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	132
Number of houses built of wood	132
Number of houses of 1 story	129
Number of houses of 2 rooms	6
Number of houses of 2 stories	3
Number of houses of 3 rooms	8
Number of houses of 4 rooms	26
Number of houses of 5 rooms	27
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	65
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	132
Number of uninhabited houses	5

Agriculture (49 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	8
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	18
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,844
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	6,992
Acres of farmland under crops	3,118
Acres of hay crops	1,076
Acres of improved land in farms	5,980
Acres of land in farms	12,972
Acres of oats	110
Acres of potatoes	155
Acres of turnips	8
BAR AC	8
BAR BU	193
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	193
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,983
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	10,750
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	468
HAY AC	1,076
HAY TONS	1,061
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	117
Number of chickens	1,132
Number of ducks	6
Number of farm occupants who own their land	132
Number of geese	51
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	10
Number of horses aged over 3 years	94
Number of milk cows	309
Number of occupants of farms	132
Number of other cattle	239
Number of other fowl	11
Number of oxen	5
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	34
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	34
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	57
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	5
Number of sheep	899
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	543
Number of swine	27
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	54
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	110
OAT BU	1,983
POT AC	155
POT BU	10,750
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	50
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	3,797
Pounds of homemade butter	18,860
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,061

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	34
A 11 50	34
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	57
BUTTER LB	18,860
CATTLE KS	117
CHEESE LB	50
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	238
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	295
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	533
COLTS FILLIES	10
DUCKS	6
FAMILIES	137
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.70
FINE WOOL LB	3,797
FRN CA	0
GEESE	51
HENS AND CHKN	1,132
HORSES OVR THREE	94
HOUSES	132
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES FIVE RM	27
HOUSES FOUR RM	26
HOUSES ONE STRY	129
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	65
HOUSES THREE RM	8
HOUSES TWO RM	6
HOUSES TWO STRY	3
HOUSES UNINH	5
HOUSES W	132
INF 11 A	5
MD FEM	102
MD MALE	101
MD TOT	203
MILK COWS	309
NAME CD	Cape Breton
OC P	132
OC TOT	132
OTHER FOWL	11
OTHER HRN CATTLE	239
OTHERS	781
SHEEP	899
SHEEP KS	543
SUP AM	5,980
SUP FOR	6,992
SUP JV	18
SUP PAT	2,844
SUP SC	3,118
SUP TOT	12,972
SWINE	27
SWINE KS	54
TOT DWLG OCC	132
TUR AC	8
TUR BU	468
TURKEY	2
WID FEM	34
WID MALE	11
WID TOT	45
WORKING OX	5

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS028006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS006014 — 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). "Catalone, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/catalone-ns028006-1891/.