Clements W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Clements W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 467. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.676°N, 65.572°W.

Population

In 1891, Clements W-O had a population of 467: 237 male and 230 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 Clementsport, 1881 (54.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Clements W-O shared boundaries with:

• Clementsport
• Clementsvale
• Lequille

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 941 families, 467 total population, 237 males, 230 females, 168 married persons, 84 married females, 84 married males, 20 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 279 single persons under 18, 147 single males under 18, 132 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 466 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 94 houses, 94 houses built of wood, 94 occupied houses, 87 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,820 pounds of homemade butter, 9,406 bushels of turnips, 6,888 acres of land in farms, 5,267 bushels of potatoes, 4,318 acres of improved land in farms, 3,232 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,570 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,741 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,639 bushels of oats, 1,039 chickens, 990 acres of farmland under crops, 906 tons of hay, 794 acres of hay crops, 537 bushels of barley, 438 sheep, 285 sheep slaughtered or sold, 202 bushels of buckwheat, 172 other cattle, 160 bushels of spring wheat, 143 milk cows, 97 oxen, 96 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 96 horses aged over 3 years, 92 occupants of farms, 89 swine slaughtered or sold, 87 farm occupants who own their land, 74 cattle killed or sold, 69 acres of oats, 65 swine, 49 acres of potatoes, 44 acres of turnips, 43 bushels of rye, 30 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 23 bushels of beans, 22 acres of barley, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 geese, 13 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 acres of wheat, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 ducks, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS026009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS026009 — 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). "Clements W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/clements-w-o-ns026009-1891/.