Cheticamp, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Cheticamp was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,142. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q992768. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.591°N, 60.958°W.
Population
In 1891, Cheticamp had a population of 3,142: 1,613 male and 1,529 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 Cheticamp, 1881 (79.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Joseph, 1901 (33.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cheticamp, 1901 (66.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Cheticamp shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,142 total population, 1,613 males, 1,529 females, 975 married persons, 489 married females, 486 married males, 467 families, 90 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 6.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,077 single persons under 18, 1,093 single males under 18, 984 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,985 French Canadians, 157 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 456 occupied houses, 419 houses, 419 houses built of wood, 392 houses of 1 story, 83 houses of 2 rooms, 81 houses of 4 rooms, 80 houses of 3 rooms, 61 houses of 1 room, 59 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 47 houses of 5 rooms, 37 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 27 houses of 2 stories, 13 uninhabited houses, 12 houses under construction, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 78,179 pounds of homemade butter, 74,791 bushels of potatoes, 21,817 acres of land in farms, 15,117 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,026 bushels of oats, 8,819 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 6,700 acres of improved land in farms, 4,539 sheep, 3,768 tons of hay, 3,721 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,700 acres of farmland under crops, 3,429 chickens, 3,361 bushels of turnips, 2,978 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,086 acres of hay crops, 1,242 bushels of barley, 941 other cattle, 850 milk cows, 589 sheep slaughtered or sold, 538 bushels of spring wheat, 479 swine slaughtered or sold, 477 acres of potatoes, 468 swine, 448 acres of oats, 445 occupants of farms, 419 farm occupants who own their land, 363 horses aged over 3 years, 340 bushels of winter wheat, 266 geese, 248 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 231 cattle killed or sold, 108 oxen, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 95 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 82 bushels of corn, 74 horses aged 3 years and under, 72 bushels of beans, 69 acres of turnips, 63 acres of barley, 60 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 54 bushels of peas, 47 acres of wheat, 39 ducks, 38 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 26 other fowl, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 21 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 employees on farms, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 turkeys, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS036002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q992768
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). "Cheticamp, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/cheticamp-ns036002-1891/.