Freeport, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

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

Freeport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 751. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.277°N, 66.316°W.

Population

In 1891, Freeport had a population of 751: 393 male and 358 female residents. Population density was 226.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	811
1891	751
1901	830
1911	806
1921	708

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, Freeport shared boundaries with:

Tiverton

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.80
FAM NO	156
Number of families	156
Number of females	358
Number of males	393
Number of married females	142
Number of married males	143
Number of married persons	285
Number of widowed females	24
Number of widowed males	15
Number of widowed persons	39
POP F	358
POP M	393
POP TOT	751
Total population	751

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	192
Number of single males under 18	235
Number of single persons under 18	427

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	6
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	745

Buildings & housing (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	155
Number of houses built of wood	155
Number of houses of 1 story	154
Number of houses of 2 rooms	50
Number of houses of 2 stories	1
Number of houses of 3 rooms	76
Number of houses of 4 rooms	21
Number of houses of 5 rooms	4
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	4
Number of houses under construction	5
Number of occupied houses	155
Number of uninhabited houses	8

Agriculture (45 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in pasture	410
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	2,334
Acres of farmland under crops	476
Acres of hay crops	338
Acres of improved land in farms	886
Acres of land in farms	3,220
Acres of oats	6
Acres of potatoes	17
Acres of turnips	7
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	155
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,879
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,160
HAY AC	338
HAY TONS	491
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	41
Number of chickens	969
Number of ducks	24
Number of farm occupants who own their land	134
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	14
Number of geese	97
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	2
Number of horses aged over 3 years	6
Number of milk cows	110
Number of occupants of farms	148
Number of other cattle	86
Number of oxen	52
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	34
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	96
Number of sheep	558
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	112
Number of swine	11
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	27
OAT AC	6
OAT BU	155
PEA BU	1
POT AC	17
POT BU	1,879
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	294
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	1,039
Pounds of homemade butter	10,968
Tons of hay produced in the past year	491

Other recorded variables (57 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	8
A 11 50	34
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	9
BUTTER LB	10,968
CATTLE KS	41
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	192
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	235
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	427
COARSE WOOL LB	294
COLTS FILLIES	2
DUCKS	24
FAMILIES	156
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.80
FINE WOOL LB	1,039
FRN CA	6
GEESE	97
HENS AND CHKN	969
HORSES OVR THREE	6
HOUSES	155
HOUSES CON	5
HOUSES FIVE RM	4
HOUSES FOUR RM	21
HOUSES ONE STRY	154
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	4
HOUSES THREE RM	76
HOUSES TWO RM	50
HOUSES TWO STRY	1
HOUSES UNINH	8
HOUSES W	155
INF 11 A	96
MD FEM	142
MD MALE	143
MD TOT	285
MILK COWS	110
NAME CD	Digby
OC F	14
OC P	134
OC TOT	148
OTHER HRN CATTLE	86
OTHERS	745
SHEEP	558
SHEEP KS	112
SUP AM	886
SUP FOR	2,334
SUP PAT	410
SUP SC	476
SUP TOT	3,220
SWINE	11
SWINE KS	27
TOT DWLG OCC	155
TUR AC	7
TUR BU	1,160
WID FEM	24
WID MALE	15
WID TOT	39
WORKING OX	52

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS031006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS009007 — 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). "Freeport, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/freeport-ns031006-1891/.