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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia  |  Wikidata: Q5193051

Culloden, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Culloden was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 655. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5193051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.628°N, 65.819°W.

Population

In 1891, Culloden had a population of 655: 333 male and 322 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891655
1901682
1911635
1921675

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, Culloden shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 655 total population, 333 males, 322 females, 220 married persons, 128 families, 110 married females, 110 married males, 28 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 407 single persons under 18, 213 single males under 18, 194 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 655 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 123 houses, 123 houses built of wood, 123 occupied houses, 121 houses of 1 story, 69 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,221 pounds of homemade butter, 12,258 acres of land in farms, 8,767 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,733 bushels of potatoes, 3,491 acres of improved land in farms, 2,473 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,199 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,565 bushels of turnips, 1,264 chickens, 1,007 acres of hay crops, 1,001 tons of hay, 987 acres of farmland under crops, 753 sheep, 521 sheep slaughtered or sold, 309 bushels of oats, 269 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 190 other cattle, 182 milk cows, 155 bushels of barley, 150 bushels of buckwheat, 128 occupants of farms, 125 farm occupants who own their land, 115 oxen, 103 swine slaughtered or sold, 95 geese, 91 cattle killed or sold, 64 acres of potatoes, 60 swine, 39 bushels of peas, 37 horses aged over 3 years, 36 turkeys, 32 ducks, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 29 bushels of beans, 29 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 bushels of spring wheat, 16 acres of oats, 12 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of barley, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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). "Culloden, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/culloden-ns031004-1891/.