Church Over, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Church Over was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 630. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.726°N, 65.410°W.
Population
In 1891, Church Over had a population of 630: 321 male and 309 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 630 |
| 1901 | 784 |
| 1911 | 469 |
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, Church Over shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 630 total population, 321 males, 309 females, 197 married persons, 107 families, 100 married males, 97 married females, 32 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 401 single persons under 18, 209 single males under 18, 192 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 630 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 106 occupied houses, 103 houses, 103 houses built of wood, 102 houses of 1 story, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,142 pounds of homemade butter, 5,444 acres of land in farms, 4,961 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,391 bushels of potatoes, 803 chickens, 741 bushels of turnips, 483 acres of improved land in farms, 433 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 318 acres of farmland under crops, 308 tons of hay, 242 acres of hay crops, 200 sheep, 141 acres of farmland in pasture, 114 occupants of farms, 113 farm occupants who own their land, 98 milk cows, 78 bushels of oats, 77 swine, 72 swine slaughtered or sold, 69 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 58 other cattle, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 47 sheep slaughtered or sold, 46 oxen, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 ducks, 25 bushels of peas, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of beans, 12 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 cattle killed or sold, 9 bushels of barley, 8 bushels of corn, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 5 horses aged over 3 years, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 acres of oats, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS052007— 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). "Church Over, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/church-over-ns042005-1891/.