Court House, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Court House was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,175. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.829°N, 66.119°W.
Population
In 1891, Court House had a population of 1,175: 566 male and 609 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 (2.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yarmouth, T-V, 1901 (4.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Court House shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,175 total population, 609 females, 566 males, 393 married persons, 223 families, 198 married males, 195 married females, 58 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 724 single persons under 18, 367 single females under 18, 357 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,129 persons who are not French Canadian, 46 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 201 occupied houses, 199 houses, 197 houses built of wood, 143 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 138 houses of 1 story, 57 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,595 pounds of homemade butter, 1,881 acres of land in farms, 1,681 acres of improved land in farms, 1,523 acres of farmland in pasture, 759 chickens, 323 bushels of potatoes, 248 bushels of turnips, 200 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 183 tons of hay, 156 acres of farmland under crops, 117 acres of hay crops, 100 bushels of oats, 76 occupants of farms, 66 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 65 milk cows, 60 farm occupants who own their land, 42 horses aged over 3 years, 30 bushels of corn, 28 swine, 20 other cattle, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 swine slaughtered or sold, 10 ducks, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of peas, 4 acres of oats, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 turkeys, 3 acres of potatoes, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of beans, 2 cattle killed or sold, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS044007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS044007— 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). "Court House, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/court-house-ns044007-1891/.