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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia  |  Wikidata: Q5587246

Goshen, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Goshen was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 421. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5587246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.352°N, 62.015°W.

Population

In 1891, Goshen had a population of 421: 224 male and 197 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891421
1901390
1911337
1921292

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, Goshen shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 421 total population, 224 males, 197 females, 142 married persons, 74 families, 71 married females, 71 married males, 7 widowed persons, 5.70 average size of families, 5 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 272 single persons under 18, 151 single males under 18, 121 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 421 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 74 houses, 74 houses built of wood, 74 houses of 1 story, 74 occupied houses, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 11 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 12,177 pounds of homemade butter, 12,032 acres of land in farms, 9,939 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,317 bushels of potatoes, 2,917 bushels of oats, 2,114 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,093 acres of improved land in farms, 1,605 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,149 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,013 chickens, 928 acres of farmland under crops, 913 tons of hay, 879 sheep, 846 bushels of buckwheat, 579 acres of hay crops, 349 other cattle, 336 sheep slaughtered or sold, 319 milk cows, 230 acres of oats, 172 cattle killed or sold, 150 bushels of turnips, 137 swine, 136 bushels of spring wheat, 119 swine slaughtered or sold, 94 horses aged over 3 years, 83 geese, 76 occupants of farms, 73 farm occupants who own their land, 71 acres of potatoes, 56 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 33 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of barley, 27 bushels of beans, 21 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 acres of wheat, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 ducks, 7 turkeys, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of barley, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 oxen, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 bushels of peas, 1 acres of turnips, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Goshen, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/goshen-ns032008-1891/.