East Bay N & S, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

East Bay N & S was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,720. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.970°N, 60.452°W.

Population

In 1891, East Bay N & S had a population of 1,720: 893 male and 827 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 contained East Bay S, 1881 (54.0% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained East Bay N, 1881 (46.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained East Bay, South—Sud, 1901 (54.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained East Bay, North—Nord, 1901 (46.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, East Bay N & S shared boundaries with:

• Ball’s Creek
• Big Pond
• Boisdale
• Grand Mira
• Grand Narrows
• Hillside
• Loch Lomond
• Sydney Forks

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 1,720 total population, 893 males, 827 females, 442 married persons, 295 families, 222 married males, 220 married females, 97 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,181 single persons under 18, 637 single males under 18, 544 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,720 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 294 houses, 294 houses built of wood, 294 occupied houses, 165 houses of 2 stories, 143 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 129 houses of 1 story, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 47,795 pounds of homemade butter, 35,437 bushels of potatoes, 32,645 acres of land in farms, 21,325 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,285 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11,320 acres of improved land in farms, 8,967 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 8,589 bushels of oats, 5,706 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,534 acres of farmland under crops, 3,160 chickens, 2,716 sheep, 2,471 tons of hay, 1,839 acres of hay crops, 1,303 bushels of barley, 1,160 sheep slaughtered or sold, 952 milk cows, 892 acres of oats, 785 bushels of turnips, 748 other cattle, 428 cattle killed or sold, 419 acres of potatoes, 297 occupants of farms, 296 farm occupants who own their land, 277 horses aged over 3 years, 200 swine slaughtered or sold, 187 bushels of spring wheat, 173 swine, 143 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 138 acres of barley, 91 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 85 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 46 horses aged 3 years and under, 43 turkeys, 41 ducks, 40 oxen, 35 geese, 29 acres of turnips, 26 bushels of buckwheat, 24 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of beans, 9 bushels of peas, 8 other fowl, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS028008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS028008 — 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). "East Bay N & S, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/east-bay-n-s-ns028008-1891/.