Framboise, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Framboise (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Framboise was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 656. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.720°N, 60.397°W.

Population

In 1891, Framboise had a population of 656: 346 male and 310 female residents. Population density was 10.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	656
1901	595
1911	612
1921	471

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Framboise shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.40
FAM NO	103
Number of families	103
Number of females	310
Number of males	346
Number of married females	94
Number of married males	95
Number of married persons	189
Number of widowed females	22
Number of widowed males	7
Number of widowed persons	29
POP F	310
POP M	346
POP TOT	656
Total population	656

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	194
Number of single males under 18	244
Number of single persons under 18	438

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	656

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	2
Number of houses	100
Number of houses built of wood	100
Number of houses of 1 room	4
Number of houses of 1 story	99
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	20
Number of houses of 2 stories	1
Number of houses of 3 rooms	39
Number of houses of 4 rooms	19
Number of houses of 5 rooms	14
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	3
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	102
Number of uninhabited houses	8

Agriculture (47 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	1
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	4
Acres of farmland in pasture	734
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	9,697
Acres of farmland under crops	840
Acres of hay crops	346
Acres of improved land in farms	1,578
Acres of land in farms	11,275
Acres of oats	132
Acres of potatoes	61
BAR AC	1
BAR BU	15
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	15
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,202
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	3,787
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	25
HAY AC	346
HAY TONS	395
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	106
Number of chickens	530
Number of ducks	48
Number of farm occupants who own their land	109
Number of geese	24
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	14
Number of horses aged over 3 years	83
Number of milk cows	334
Number of occupants of farms	109
Number of other cattle	276
Number of oxen	7
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	19
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	30
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	32
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	23
Number of sheep	979
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	222
Number of swine	52
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	71
OAT AC	132
OAT BU	1,202
POT AC	61
POT BU	3,787
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	136
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	113
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	2,191
Pounds of homemade butter	8,086
Tons of hay produced in the past year	395

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	19
A 11 50	30
A 201 PL	5
A 51 100	32
BUTTER LB	8,086
CATTLE KS	106
CHEESE LB	136
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	194
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	244
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	438
COARSE WOOL LB	113
COLTS FILLIES	14
DUCKS	48
FAMILIES	103
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.40
FINE WOOL LB	2,191
FRN CA	0
GEESE	24
HENS AND CHKN	530
HORSES OVR THREE	83
HOUSES	100
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	14
HOUSES FOUR RM	19
HOUSES ONE RM	4
HOUSES ONE STRY	99
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	3
HOUSES THREE RM	39
HOUSES TWO RM	20
HOUSES TWO STRY	1
HOUSES UNINH	8
HOUSES W	100
INF 11 A	23
MD FEM	94
MD MALE	95
MD TOT	189
MILK COWS	334
NAME CD	Richmond
OC P	109
OC TOT	109
OTHER HRN CATTLE	276
OTHERS	656
SHEEP	979
SHEEP KS	222
SUP AM	1,578
SUP FOR	9,697
SUP JV	4
SUP PAT	734
SUP SC	840
SUP TOT	11,275
SWINE	52
SWINE KS	71
TOT DWLG OCC	102
TUR BU	25
VESS AND SHAN	2
WID FEM	22
WID MALE	7
WID TOT	29
WORKING OX	7

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS041005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS018006 — 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). "Framboise, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/framboise-ns041005-1891/.