Exchange Building, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Exchange Building was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,525. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.834°N, 66.118°W.
Population
In 1891, Exchange Building had a population of 1,525: 709 male and 816 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 Yarmouth, T-V, 1881 (2.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yarmouth, T-V, 1901 (4.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Exchange Building shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,525 total population, 816 females, 709 males, 526 married persons, 310 families, 264 married females, 262 married males, 84 widowed persons, 73 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 915 single persons under 18, 479 single females under 18, 436 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,254 persons who are not French Canadian, 271 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 279 occupied houses, 277 houses, 277 houses built of wood, 188 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 173 houses of 1 story, 100 houses of 2 stories, 40 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 21 houses of 4 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,667 pounds of homemade butter, 4,621 acres of land in farms, 3,658 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,281 chickens, 963 acres of improved land in farms, 665 acres of farmland in pasture, 407 bushels of potatoes, 327 bushels of turnips, 272 acres of farmland under crops, 231 tons of hay, 185 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 154 acres of hay crops, 82 milk cows, 70 occupants of farms, 66 farm occupants who own their land, 52 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 horses aged over 3 years, 39 swine, 31 swine slaughtered or sold, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 24 bushels of beans, 24 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 23 bushels of peas, 21 other cattle, 13 oxen, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 sheep, 12 cattle killed or sold, 6 bushels of oats, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 geese, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS044009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS044009— 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). "Exchange Building, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/exchange-building-ns044009-1891/.