Digby, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Digby was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,381. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1224586. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.657°N, 65.776°W.

Population

In 1891, Digby had a population of 1,381: 666 male and 715 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Digby, 1881 (2.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Digby shared boundaries with:

• Culloden

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,381 total population, 715 females, 666 males, 453 married persons, 278 families, 227 married males, 226 married females, 95 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 833 single persons under 18, 418 single females under 18, 415 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,368 persons who are not French Canadian, 13 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 257 occupied houses, 255 houses, 255 houses built of wood, 175 houses of 1 story, 125 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 70 houses of 2 stories, 64 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 22 houses of over 15 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 13 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,957 pounds of homemade butter, 4,641 acres of land in farms, 3,384 bushels of potatoes, 2,497 acres of improved land in farms, 2,144 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,721 bushels of turnips, 1,377 chickens, 1,242 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,185 acres of farmland under crops, 727 bushels of oats, 706 tons of hay, 474 acres of hay crops, 249 occupants of farms, 189 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 187 farm occupants who own their land, 149 milk cows, 110 bushels of barley, 101 swine slaughtered or sold, 100 horses aged over 3 years, 97 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 96 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 93 swine, 92 other cattle, 88 bushels of buckwheat, 70 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 farm occupants who rent their land, 56 oxen, 52 bushels of peas, 41 sheep, 40 cattle killed or sold, 37 bushels of corn, 35 acres of potatoes, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 32 sheep slaughtered or sold, 30 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 28 bushels of beans, 26 acres of oats, 20 bushels of spring wheat, 18 other fowl, 15 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 9 geese, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 acres of barley, 4 ducks, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 employees on farms, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS031005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS009028 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1224586
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digby,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digby_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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). "Digby, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/digby-ns031005-1891/.