Dalhousie, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Dalhousie (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Dalhousie was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 402. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.741°N, 65.295°W.

Population

In 1891, Dalhousie had a population of 402: 204 male and 198 female residents. Population density was 7.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	402
1901	328
1911	300
1921	260

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, Dalhousie shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6
FAM NO	67
Number of families	67
Number of females	198
Number of males	204
Number of married females	67
Number of married males	64
Number of married persons	131
Number of widowed females	5
Number of widowed males	5
Number of widowed persons	10
POP F	198
POP M	204
POP TOT	402
Total population	402

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	126
Number of single males under 18	135
Number of single persons under 18	261

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	401

Buildings & housing (10 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	67
Number of houses built of wood	67
Number of houses of 1 story	65
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	5
Number of houses of 2 stories	2
Number of houses of 4 rooms	1
Number of houses of 5 rooms	8
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	53
Number of occupied houses	67
Number of uninhabited houses	1

Agriculture (50 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	65
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,113
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	12,621
Acres of farmland under crops	1,001
Acres of hay crops	590
Acres of improved land in farms	3,179
Acres of land in farms	15,800
Acres of oats	47
Acres of potatoes	70
Acres of turnips	12
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	11
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	149
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	775
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	11
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	9,232
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,131
BWT BU	149
HAY AC	590
HAY TONS	985
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	70
Number of chickens	607
Number of ducks	4
Number of farm occupants who own their land	64
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	3
Number of geese	24
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	2
Number of horses aged over 3 years	33
Number of milk cows	150
Number of occupants of farms	67
Number of other cattle	136
Number of other fowl	2
Number of oxen	103
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	26
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	26
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep	255
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	155
Number of swine	14
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	69
Number of turkeys	11
OAT AC	47
OAT BU	775
PEA BU	11
POT AC	70
POT BU	9,232
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	932
Pounds of homemade butter	13,905
Tons of hay produced in the past year	985

Other recorded variables (58 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	9
A 11 50	3
A 201 PL	26
A 51 100	26
BEN BU	11
BUTTER LB	13,905
CATTLE KS	70
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	126
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	135
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	261
COARSE WOOL LB	932
COLTS FILLIES	2
DUCKS	4
FAMILIES	67
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6
FRN CA	1
GEESE	24
HENS AND CHKN	607
HORSES OVR THREE	33
HOUSES	67
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	5
HOUSES FIVE RM	8
HOUSES FOUR RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	65
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	53
HOUSES TWO STRY	2
HOUSES UNINH	1
HOUSES W	67
INF 11 A	3
MD FEM	67
MD MALE	64
MD TOT	131
MILK COWS	150
NAME CD	Annapolis
OC F	3
OC P	64
OC TOT	67
OTHER FOWL	2
OTHER HRN CATTLE	136
OTHERS	401
SHEEP	255
SHEEP KS	155
SUP AM	3,179
SUP FOR	12,621
SUP JV	65
SUP PAT	2,113
SUP SC	1,001
SUP TOT	15,800
SWINE	14
SWINE KS	69
TOT DWLG OCC	67
TUR AC	12
TUR BU	1,131
TURKEY	11
WID FEM	5
WID MALE	5
WID TOT	10
WORKING OX	103

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS026010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS004018 — 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). "Dalhousie, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/dalhousie-ns026010-1891/.