Centre, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Centre, Town—Ville was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,049. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.839°N, 66.117°W.
Population
In 1891, Centre, Town—Ville had a population of 1,049: 487 male and 562 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 Yarmouth, T-V, 1881 (2.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yarmouth, T-V, 1901 (5.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Centre, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,049 total population, 562 females, 487 males, 397 married persons, 218 families, 200 married males, 197 married females, 51 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 601 single persons under 18, 322 single females under 18, 279 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,004 persons who are not French Canadian, 45 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 218 occupied houses, 215 houses, 213 houses built of wood, 151 houses of 1 story, 133 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 62 houses of 2 stories, 37 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,483 acres of land in farms, 878 acres of improved land in farms, 605 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 552 acres of farmland in pasture, 500 pounds of homemade butter, 300 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 300 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 288 acres of farmland under crops, 224 chickens, 160 sheep, 150 bushels of potatoes, 122 horses aged over 3 years, 84 bushels of corn, 70 tons of hay, 50 acres of hay crops, 42 milk cows, 38 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 occupants of farms, 27 swine, 24 farm occupants who own their land, 21 ducks, 20 sheep slaughtered or sold, 12 bushels of oats, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 oxen, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 acres of oats, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 other cattle, 1 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 swine slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Lawson | 1815–1895 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS044005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS044005— 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). "Centre, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/centre-town-ville-ns044005-1891/.