Year: 1891
| Province: Nova Scotia
Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,715. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.647°N, 63.599°W.
Population
In 1891, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4 had a population of 1,715: 825 male and 890 female residents. Population density was 2751.0 people per square mile.
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, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.10 |
| FAM NO | 335 |
| Number of families | 335 |
| Number of females | 890 |
| Number of males | 825 |
| Number of married females | 285 |
| Number of married males | 279 |
| Number of married persons | 564 |
| Number of widowed females | 84 |
| Number of widowed males | 22 |
| Number of widowed persons | 106 |
| POP F | 890 |
| POP M | 825 |
| POP TOT | 1,715 |
| Total population | 1,715 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 521 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 524 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,045 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,715 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 167 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 12 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 154 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 30 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 78 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 55 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 93 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 4 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 168 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 15 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 2 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 21 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 218 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 22 |
| Acres of hay crops | 22 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 45 |
| Acres of land in farms | 263 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1 |
| HAY AC | 22 |
| HAY TONS | 10 |
| Number of chickens | 81 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 8 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 31 |
| Number of milk cows | 1 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 8 |
| Number of other fowl | 100 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| POT BU | 21 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 10 |
Other recorded variables (50 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 521 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 524 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,045 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 335 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 81 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 31 |
| HOUSES | 167 |
| HOUSES B | 12 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 24 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 14 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 30 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 4 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 93 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 55 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 78 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 15 |
| HOUSES W | 154 |
| INF 11 A | 4 |
| MD FEM | 285 |
| MD MALE | 279 |
| MD TOT | 564 |
| MILK COWS | 1 |
| NAME CD | Halifax, Cite-Cité |
| OC P | 8 |
| OC TOT | 8 |
| OTHER FOWL | 100 |
| OTHERS | 1,715 |
| SUP AM | 45 |
| SUP FOR | 218 |
| SUP JV | 2 |
| SUP PAT | 21 |
| SUP SC | 22 |
| SUP TOT | 263 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 168 |
| TUR BU | 1 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 84 |
| WID MALE | 22 |
| WID TOT | 106 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS033004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS045046 — 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). "Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/halifax-ward-quartier-no-4-ns033004-1891/.