Fraser’s Mills, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Fraser’s Mills was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.523°N, 61.955°W.
Population
In 1891, Fraser’s Mills had a population of 737: 364 male and 373 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 Upper South River, 1881 (35.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Fraser’s Mills shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 737 total population, 373 females, 364 males, 149 married persons, 113 families, 75 married females, 74 married males, 39 widowed persons, 20 widowed males, 19 widowed females, 6.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 549 single persons under 18, 279 single females under 18, 270 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 737 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 111 houses, 111 houses built of wood, 111 occupied houses, 110 houses of 1 story, 63 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,460 pounds of homemade butter, 14,366 acres of land in farms, 12,198 bushels of potatoes, 9,970 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,365 acres of improved land in farms, 7,001 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,365 bushels of oats, 4,596 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,911 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,398 acres of farmland under crops, 1,757 chickens, 1,678 tons of hay, 1,462 sheep, 1,174 acres of hay crops, 909 bushels of buckwheat, 793 sheep slaughtered or sold, 662 other cattle, 642 bushels of spring wheat, 517 milk cows, 440 bushels of turnips, 416 acres of oats, 293 cattle killed or sold, 278 bushels of barley, 245 geese, 199 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 155 acres of potatoes, 140 occupants of farms, 137 farm occupants who own their land, 137 swine slaughtered or sold, 116 swine, 114 horses aged over 3 years, 73 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 62 acres of wheat, 56 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 50 horses aged 3 years and under, 41 ducks, 38 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 32 bushels of beans, 24 acres of barley, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 15 turkeys, 13 bushels of peas, 10 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of winter wheat, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS027005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS027005— 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). "Fraser’s Mills, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/fraser-s-mills-ns027005-1891/.