Forks, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Forks was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 821. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.880°N, 64.285°W.

Population

In 1891, Forks had a population of 821: 430 male and 391 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Falmouth Forks, 1901 (88.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Windsor Forks, 1901 (11.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Forks shared boundaries with:

• Chester
• Curry's Corner
• Falmouth
• Gaspereau
• Kentville & Canaan
• New Ross
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 821 total population, 430 males, 391 females, 248 married persons, 131 families, 125 married males, 123 married females, 29 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 6.30 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 544 single persons under 18, 302 single males under 18, 242 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 821 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 131 houses, 131 houses built of wood, 131 occupied houses, 127 houses of 1 story, 79 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,985 acres of land in farms, 25,375 pounds of homemade butter, 24,990 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,114 bushels of potatoes, 8,323 bushels of turnips, 6,876 bushels of oats, 3,995 acres of improved land in farms, 2,656 acres of farmland under crops, 2,143 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,061 tons of hay, 1,263 acres of hay crops, 1,212 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,160 chickens, 679 sheep, 443 sheep slaughtered or sold, 359 other cattle, 349 bushels of buckwheat, 271 bushels of barley, 259 bushels of spring wheat, 252 milk cows, 208 acres of oats, 198 cattle killed or sold, 189 swine slaughtered or sold, 167 bushels of beans, 166 oxen, 138 bushels of corn, 136 swine, 127 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 125 occupants of farms, 112 acres of potatoes, 109 farm occupants who own their land, 98 horses aged over 3 years, 79 bushels of peas, 74 geese, 56 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 54 bushels of rye, 33 acres of turnips, 30 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 26 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 turkeys, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 ducks, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 acres of wheat, 12 acres of barley, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS035007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS035007 — 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). "Forks, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/forks-ns035007-1891/.