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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia

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. Population density was 31.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891467
1901465
1911467
1921477

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5
FAM NO941
Number of families941
Number of females230
Number of males237
Number of married females84
Number of married males84
Number of married persons168
Number of widowed females14
Number of widowed males6
Number of widowed persons20
POP F230
POP M237
POP TOT467
Total population467
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18132
Number of single males under 18147
Number of single persons under 18279
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian466
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses94
Number of houses built of wood94
Number of houses of 1 story87
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms7
Number of houses of 2 rooms3
Number of houses of 2 stories7
Number of houses of 3 rooms7
Number of houses of 4 rooms7
Number of houses of 5 rooms6
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms64
Number of houses under construction1
Number of occupied houses94
Agriculture (58 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley22
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards96
Acres of farmland in pasture3,232
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest2,570
Acres of farmland under crops990
Acres of hay crops794
Acres of improved land in farms4,318
Acres of land in farms6,888
Acres of oats69
Acres of potatoes49
Acres of turnips44
Acres of wheat4
BAR AC22
BAR BU537
Bushels of barley produced in the past year537
Bushels of beans produced in the past year23
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year202
Bushels of oats produced in the past year1,639
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year5,267
Bushels of rye produced in the past year43
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year160
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year9,406
BWT BU202
HAY AC794
HAY TONS906
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year74
Number of chickens1,039
Number of ducks3
Number of employees on farms1
Number of farm occupants who own their land87
Number of farm occupants who rent their land4
Number of geese15
Number of horses aged 3 years and under19
Number of horses aged over 3 years96
Number of milk cows143
Number of occupants of farms92
Number of other cattle172
Number of oxen97
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres13
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres24
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres30
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres22
Number of sheep438
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold285
Number of swine65
Number of swine slaughtered or sold89
Number of turkeys2
OAT AC69
OAT BU1,639
POT AC49
POT BU5,267
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year1,741
Pounds of homemade butter10,820
RYE BU43
Tons of hay produced in the past year906
WHT AC4
WHT SP BU160
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20013
A 11 5024
A 201 PL3
A 51 10030
BEN BU23
BUTTER LB10,820
CATTLE KS74
CHILD AND UNMD FEM132
CHILD AND UNMD MALE147
CHILD AND UNMD TOT279
COARSE WOOL LB1,741
COLTS FILLIES19
DUCKS3
FAMILIES94
FAMILIES AV SIZE5
FRN CA1
GEESE15
HENS AND CHKN1,039
HORSES OVR THREE96
HOUSES94
HOUSES CON1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM7
HOUSES FIVE RM6
HOUSES FOUR RM7
HOUSES ONE STRY87
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM64
HOUSES THREE RM7
HOUSES TWO RM3
HOUSES TWO STRY7
HOUSES W94
INF 11 A22
MD FEM84
MD MALE84
MD TOT168
MILK COWS143
NAME CDAnnapolis
OC E1
OC F4
OC P87
OC TOT92
OTHER HRN CATTLE172
OTHERS466
SHEEP438
SHEEP KS285
SUP AM4,318
SUP FOR2,570
SUP JV96
SUP PAT3,232
SUP SC990
SUP TOT6,888
SWINE65
SWINE KS89
TOT DWLG OCC94
TUR AC44
TUR BU9,406
TURKEY2
WID FEM14
WID MALE6
WID TOT20
WORKING OX97

Identifiers

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/.