Hawkesbury, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Hawkesbury, Town—Ville was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 658. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2326975. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.641°N, 61.324°W.
Population
In 1891, Hawkesbury, Town—Ville had a population of 658: 355 male and 303 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Hastings, 1881 (14.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Hawkesbury, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 658 total population, 355 males, 303 females, 209 married persons, 116 families, 105 married males, 104 married females, 29 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 420 single persons under 18, 242 single males under 18, 178 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 658 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 116 houses, 116 occupied houses, 115 houses built of wood, 95 houses of 1 story, 57 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 2 stories, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,120 acres of land in farms, 1,718 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 754 chickens, 530 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 402 acres of improved land in farms, 360 pounds of homemade butter, 291 tons of hay, 258 acres of farmland under crops, 234 acres of hay crops, 179 bushels of potatoes, 127 sheep, 115 milk cows, 108 acres of farmland in pasture, 82 occupants of farms, 75 bushels of turnips, 70 farm occupants who own their land, 67 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 sheep slaughtered or sold, 44 other cattle, 38 geese, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 horses aged over 3 years, 14 cattle killed or sold, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 bushels of peas, 10 oxen, 6 bushels of beans, 6 ducks, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 acres of potatoes, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 swine slaughtered or sold, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 swine, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS036004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2326975
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hawkesbury
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hawkesbury
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). "Hawkesbury, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/hawkesbury-town-ville-ns036004-1891/.