Gabarus, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Gabarus was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,339. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2377184. 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 trajectory across census years

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:

• Framboise
• Grand Mira
• Louisburg, T-V
• Trout Brook

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,339 total population, 671 males, 668 females, 465 married persons, 259 families, 233 married females, 232 married males, 70 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 804 single persons under 18, 427 single males under 18, 377 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,339 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 258 houses, 258 houses built of wood, 258 occupied houses, 256 houses of 1 story, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 55 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 19,345 acres of land in farms, 18,078 pounds of homemade butter, 17,167 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,618 bushels of potatoes, 4,434 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,178 acres of improved land in farms, 1,962 chickens, 1,725 sheep, 1,266 tons of hay, 1,242 acres of farmland under crops, 1,054 acres of hay crops, 936 bushels of oats, 933 acres of farmland in pasture, 548 sheep slaughtered or sold, 521 milk cows, 400 other cattle, 339 bushels of turnips, 251 occupants of farms, 249 farm occupants who own their land, 187 cattle killed or sold, 184 acres of potatoes, 125 horses aged over 3 years, 103 acres of oats, 95 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 58 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 49 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 swine slaughtered or sold, 46 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 ducks, 37 swine, 28 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 25 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 geese, 7 oxen, 4 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of barley, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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: Q2377184
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabarus
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabarus

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/.