Gabarus, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

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

Gabarus was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,339. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.827°N, 60.198°W.

Population

In 1891, Gabarus had a population of 1,339: 671 male and 668 female residents. Population density was 15.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	1,747
1881	1,256
1891	1,339
1901	1,116
1911	979
1921	911

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, Gabarus shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.20
FAM NO	259
Number of families	259
Number of females	668
Number of males	671
Number of married females	233
Number of married males	232
Number of married persons	465
Number of widowed females	58
Number of widowed males	12
Number of widowed persons	70
POP F	668
POP M	671
POP TOT	1,339
Total population	1,339

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	377
Number of single males under 18	427
Number of single persons under 18	804

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,339

Buildings & housing (13 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	258
Number of houses built of wood	258
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	256
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	5
Number of houses of 2 rooms	27
Number of houses of 2 stories	2
Number of houses of 3 rooms	55
Number of houses of 4 rooms	66
Number of houses of 5 rooms	40
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	64
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	258

Agriculture (46 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	3
Acres of farmland in pasture	933
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	17,167
Acres of farmland under crops	1,242
Acres of hay crops	1,054
Acres of improved land in farms	2,178
Acres of land in farms	19,345
Acres of oats	103
Acres of potatoes	184
Acres of turnips	4
BAR BU	4
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	4
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	936
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	9,618
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	339
HAY AC	1,054
HAY TONS	1,266
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	187
Number of chickens	1,962
Number of ducks	38
Number of farm occupants who own their land	249
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	24
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	25
Number of horses aged over 3 years	125
Number of milk cows	521
Number of occupants of farms	251
Number of other cattle	400
Number of oxen	7
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	46
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	58
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	95
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	49
Number of sheep	1,725
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	548
Number of swine	37
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	48
OAT AC	103
OAT BU	936
POT AC	184
POT BU	9,618
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	28
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	4,434
Pounds of homemade butter	18,078
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,266

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	46
A 11 50	58
A 201 PL	3
A 51 100	95
BUTTER LB	18,078
CATTLE KS	187
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	377
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	427
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	804
COARSE WOOL LB	28
COLTS FILLIES	25
DUCKS	38
FAMILIES	259
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.20
FINE WOOL LB	4,434
FRN CA	0
GEESE	24
HENS AND CHKN	1,962
HORSES OVR THREE	125
HOUSES	258
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	5
HOUSES FIVE RM	40
HOUSES FOUR RM	66
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	256
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	64
HOUSES THREE RM	55
HOUSES TWO RM	27
HOUSES TWO STRY	2
HOUSES W	258
INF 11 A	49
MD FEM	233
MD MALE	232
MD TOT	465
MILK COWS	521
NAME CD	Cape Breton
OC F	2
OC P	249
OC TOT	251
OTHER HRN CATTLE	400
OTHERS	1,339
SHEEP	1,725
SHEEP KS	548
SUP AM	2,178
SUP FOR	17,167
SUP JV	3
SUP PAT	933
SUP SC	1,242
SUP TOT	19,345
SWINE	37
SWINE KS	48
TOT DWLG OCC	258
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	339
WID FEM	58
WID MALE	12
WID TOT	70
WORKING OX	7

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS028009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS006018 — 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). "Gabarus, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/gabarus-ns028009-1891/.