Eagle Head, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Eagle Head was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 670. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.078°N, 64.613°W.
Population
In 1891, Eagle Head had a population of 670: 362 male and 308 female residents. Population density was 45.9 people per square mile.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Eagle Head shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 134 |
| Number of families | 134 |
| Number of females | 308 |
| Number of males | 362 |
| Number of married females | 135 |
| Number of married males | 135 |
| Number of married persons | 270 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 27 |
| POP F | 308 |
| POP M | 362 |
| POP TOT | 670 |
| Total population | 670 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 155 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 218 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 373 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 670 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 132 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 132 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 132 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 88 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 132 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 20 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 17 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 180 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 6,870 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 854 |
| Acres of hay crops | 727 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,051 |
| Acres of land in farms | 7,921 |
| Acres of oats | 8 |
| Acres of potatoes | 43 |
| Acres of turnips | 12 |
| BAR AC | 20 |
| BAR BU | 458 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 458 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 228 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,281 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,519 |
| CRN BU | 20 |
| HAY AC | 727 |
| HAY TONS | 891 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 48 |
| Number of chickens | 1,050 |
| Number of ducks | 2 |
| Number of employees on farms | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 138 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of geese | 5 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 7 |
| Number of milk cows | 162 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 141 |
| Number of other cattle | 153 |
| Number of oxen | 154 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 75 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 45 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 10 |
| Number of sheep | 448 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 47 |
| Number of swine | 92 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 83 |
| Number of turkeys | 1 |
| OAT AC | 8 |
| OAT BU | 228 |
| PEA BU | 4 |
| POT AC | 43 |
| POT BU | 4,281 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,020 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 209 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 13,532 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 891 |
Other recorded variables (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 9 |
| A 11 50 | 75 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 45 |
| BEN BU | 19 |
| BUTTER LB | 13,532 |
| CATTLE KS | 48 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 155 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 218 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 373 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 1,020 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| DUCKS | 2 |
| FAMILIES | 134 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 209 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 5 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,050 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 7 |
| HOUSES | 132 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 22 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 14 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 132 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 88 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 4 |
| HOUSES W | 132 |
| INF 11 A | 10 |
| MD FEM | 135 |
| MD MALE | 135 |
| MD TOT | 270 |
| MILK COWS | 162 |
| NAME CD | Queen’s |
| OC E | 2 |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 138 |
| OC TOT | 141 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 153 |
| OTHERS | 670 |
| SHEEP | 448 |
| SHEEP KS | 47 |
| SUP AM | 1,051 |
| SUP FOR | 6,870 |
| SUP JV | 17 |
| SUP PAT | 180 |
| SUP SC | 854 |
| SUP TOT | 7,921 |
| SWINE | 92 |
| SWINE KS | 83 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 132 |
| TUR AC | 12 |
| TUR BU | 1,519 |
| TURKEY | 1 |
| WID FEM | 18 |
| WID MALE | 9 |
| WID TOT | 27 |
| WORKING OX | 154 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS040004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS040004— 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). "Eagle Head, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/eagle-head-ns040004-1891/.