Grand River, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Grand River (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Grand River was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 866. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.666°N, 60.552°W.

Population

In 1891, Grand River had a population of 866: 440 male and 426 female residents. Population density was 14.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	822
1881	869
1891	866
1901	689
1911	643
1921	556

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, Grand River shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.70
FAM NO	153
Number of families	153
Number of females	426
Number of males	440
Number of married females	115
Number of married males	117
Number of married persons	232
Number of widowed females	30
Number of widowed males	11
Number of widowed persons	41
POP F	426
POP M	440
POP TOT	866
Total population	866

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	281
Number of single males under 18	312
Number of single persons under 18	593

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	864

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	153
Number of houses built of wood	153
Number of houses of 1 story	55
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	2
Number of houses of 2 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 stories	97
Number of houses of 3 rooms	20
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	36
Number of houses of 5 rooms	35
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	52
Number of houses under construction	6
Number of occupied houses	153
Number of uninhabited houses	4

Agriculture (45 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	4
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,253
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	17,831
Acres of farmland under crops	3,634
Acres of hay crops	667
Acres of improved land in farms	5,891
Acres of land in farms	23,722
Acres of oats	337
Acres of potatoes	121
Acres of turnips	3
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	4,304
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	9,832
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	173
HAY AC	667
HAY TONS	886
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	219
Number of chickens	1,183
Number of employees on farms	1
Number of farm occupants who own their land	152
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	93
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	32
Number of horses aged over 3 years	143
Number of milk cows	550
Number of occupants of farms	155
Number of other cattle	389
Number of oxen	3
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	64
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	77
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	9
Number of sheep	1,665
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	418
Number of swine	52
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	55
OAT AC	337
OAT BU	4,304
POT AC	121
POT BU	9,832
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	1,861
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	8
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	4,386
Pounds of homemade butter	18,290
Tons of hay produced in the past year	886

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	64
A 11 50	4
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	77
BUTTER LB	18,290
CATTLE KS	219
CHEESE LB	1,861
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	281
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	312
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	593
COARSE WOOL LB	8
COLTS FILLIES	32
FAMILIES	153
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.70
FINE WOOL LB	4,386
FRN CA	2
GEESE	93
HENS AND CHKN	1,183
HORSES OVR THREE	143
HOUSES	153
HOUSES CON	6
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	2
HOUSES FIVE RM	35
HOUSES FOUR RM	36
HOUSES ONE STRY	55
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	52
HOUSES THREE RM	20
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	8
HOUSES TWO STRY	97
HOUSES UNINH	4
HOUSES W	153
INF 11 A	9
MD FEM	115
MD MALE	117
MD TOT	232
MILK COWS	550
NAME CD	Richmond
OC E	1
OC F	2
OC P	152
OC TOT	155
OTHER HRN CATTLE	389
OTHERS	864
SHEEP	1,665
SHEEP KS	418
SUP AM	5,891
SUP FOR	17,831
SUP JV	4
SUP PAT	2,253
SUP SC	3,634
SUP TOT	23,722
SWINE	52
SWINE KS	55
TOT DWLG OCC	153
TUR AC	3
TUR BU	173
WID FEM	30
WID MALE	11
WID TOT	41
WORKING OX	3

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS041006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS018007 — 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). "Grand River, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/grand-river-ns041006-1891/.