Granville, Lower, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Granville, Lower (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Granville, Lower was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 923. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.715°N, 65.683°W.

Population

In 1891, Granville, Lower had a population of 923: 467 male and 456 female residents. Population density was 32.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	923
1901	842
1911	862
1921	778

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, Granville, Lower shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 152 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	193
Number of families	193
Number of females	456
Number of males	467
Number of married females	164
Number of married males	168
Number of married persons	332
Number of widowed females	46
Number of widowed males	15
Number of widowed persons	61
POP F	456
POP M	467
POP TOT	923
Total population	923

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	246
Number of single males under 18	284
Number of single persons under 18	530

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	922

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	5
Number of houses	188
Number of houses built of wood	188
Number of houses of 1 story	175
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 rooms	2
Number of houses of 2 stories	13
Number of houses of 3 rooms	7
Number of houses of 4 rooms	17
Number of houses of 5 rooms	30
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	125
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	193
Number of uninhabited houses	2

Agriculture (55 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	16
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	77
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,317
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	11,766
Acres of farmland under crops	1,590
Acres of hay crops	804
Acres of improved land in farms	3,984
Acres of land in farms	15,750
Acres of oats	59
Acres of potatoes	59
Acres of turnips	17
BAR AC	16
BAR BU	249
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	249
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	137
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	18
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,264
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	66
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	7,002
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	4,285
BWT BU	18
HAY AC	804
HAY TONS	1,418
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	43
Number of chickens	1,653
Number of ducks	10
Number of employees on farms	1
Number of farm occupants who own their land	154
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	11
Number of geese	158
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	10
Number of horses aged over 3 years	51
Number of milk cows	213
Number of occupants of farms	166
Number of other cattle	306
Number of other fowl	1
Number of oxen	159
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	39
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	34
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	44
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	12
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	37
Number of sheep	457
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	267
Number of swine	151
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	142
Number of turkeys	150
OAT AC	59
OAT BU	1,264
PEA BU	66
POT AC	59
POT BU	7,002
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	1,881
Pounds of homemade butter	16,950
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,418

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	39
A 11 50	34
A 201 PL	12
A 51 100	44
BEN BU	137
BUTTER LB	16,950
CATTLE KS	43
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	246
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	284
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	530
COARSE WOOL LB	1,881
COLTS FILLIES	10
DUCKS	10
FAMILIES	193
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.80
FRN CA	1
GEESE	158
HENS AND CHKN	1,653
HORSES OVR THREE	51
HOUSES	188
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	7
HOUSES FIVE RM	30
HOUSES FOUR RM	17
HOUSES ONE STRY	175
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	125
HOUSES THREE RM	7
HOUSES TWO RM	2
HOUSES TWO STRY	13
HOUSES UNINH	2
HOUSES W	188
INF 11 A	37
MD FEM	164
MD MALE	168
MD TOT	332
MILK COWS	213
NAME CD	Annapolis
OC E	1
OC F	11
OC P	154
OC TOT	166
OTHER FOWL	1
OTHER HRN CATTLE	306
OTHERS	922
SHEEP	457
SHEEP KS	267
SUP AM	3,984
SUP FOR	11,766
SUP JV	77
SUP PAT	2,317
SUP SC	1,590
SUP TOT	15,750
SWINE	151
SWINE KS	142
TOT DWLG OCC	193
TUR AC	17
TUR BU	4,285
TURKEY	150
VESS AND SHAN	5
WID FEM	46
WID MALE	15
WID TOT	61
WORKING OX	159

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS026012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS004026 — 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). "Granville, Lower, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/granville-lower-ns026012-1891/.