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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,715 |
| 1901 | 5,925 |
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:
- Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 5
- Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 6
- Polling District No. 14
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 54 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,715 total population, 890 females, 825 males, 564 married persons, 335 families, 285 married females, 279 married males, 106 widowed persons, 84 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,045 single persons under 18, 524 single males under 18, 521 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,715 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 168 occupied houses, 167 houses, 154 houses built of wood, 93 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 78 houses of 2 stories, 55 houses of 3 stories, 30 houses of 1 story, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses built of brick, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 263 acres of land in farms, 218 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 100 other fowl, 81 chickens, 45 acres of improved land in farms, 31 horses aged over 3 years, 22 acres of farmland under crops, 22 acres of hay crops, 21 acres of farmland in pasture, 21 bushels of potatoes, 10 tons of hay, 8 farm occupants who own their land, 8 occupants of farms, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 bushels of turnips, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 milk cows, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS033004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS033004— 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/.