Curry's Corner, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Curry's Corner was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 892. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.960°N, 64.104°W.
Population
In 1891, Curry's Corner had a population of 892: 451 male and 441 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 Windsor, T-V, 1881 (88.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Windsor, T-V, 1901 (88.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Curry's Corner shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 892 total population, 451 males, 441 females, 259 married persons, 155 families, 130 married females, 129 married males, 48 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 585 single persons under 18, 307 single males under 18, 278 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 892 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 155 houses, 155 houses built of wood, 155 occupied houses, 119 houses of 1 story, 98 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 36 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 47,338 pounds of homemade butter, 16,693 acres of land in farms, 15,967 bushels of potatoes, 15,221 bushels of turnips, 11,710 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,548 bushels of oats, 4,983 acres of improved land in farms, 3,221 tons of hay, 3,215 acres of farmland under crops, 2,311 acres of hay crops, 2,144 chickens, 2,007 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,564 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,495 bushels of barley, 533 other cattle, 427 sheep, 371 sheep slaughtered or sold, 353 milk cows, 328 acres of oats, 320 turkeys, 246 swine slaughtered or sold, 218 swine, 204 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 195 cattle killed or sold, 194 horses aged over 3 years, 180 bushels of spring wheat, 180 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 167 geese, 144 acres of potatoes, 140 ducks, 139 bushels of buckwheat, 128 occupants of farms, 126 bushels of beans, 121 bushels of peas, 110 farm occupants who own their land, 73 horses aged 3 years and under, 69 acres of turnips, 60 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 55 acres of barley, 53 bushels of corn, 45 oxen, 42 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 other fowl, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of rye, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS035004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS035004— 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). "Curry's Corner, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/curry-s-corner-ns035004-1891/.