Hillside, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Hillside (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Hillside was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,038. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.024°N, 60.151°W.

Population

In 1891, Hillside had a population of 1,038: 514 male and 524 female residents. Population density was 14.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	944
1881	1,030
1891	1,038
1901	954
1911	726
1921	809

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, Hillside shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.90
FAM NO	174
Number of families	174
Number of females	524
Number of males	514
Number of married females	146
Number of married males	144
Number of married persons	290
Number of widowed females	36
Number of widowed males	12
Number of widowed persons	48
POP F	524
POP M	514
POP TOT	1,038
Total population	1,038

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	342
Number of single males under 18	358
Number of single persons under 18	700

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,038

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	171
Number of houses built of wood	171
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	168
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	3
Number of houses of 2 rooms	4
Number of houses of 2 stories	3
Number of houses of 3 rooms	12
Number of houses of 4 rooms	26
Number of houses of 5 rooms	32
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	93
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	171
Number of uninhabited houses	9

Agriculture (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	10
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	68
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,784
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	17,240
Acres of farmland under crops	2,070
Acres of hay crops	1,309
Acres of improved land in farms	5,922
Acres of land in farms	23,162
Acres of oats	413
Acres of potatoes	216
Acres of turnips	14
Acres of wheat	1
BAR AC	10
BAR BU	163
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	163
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	140
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	4,079
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	19,628
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,392
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	15
BWT BU	140
HAY AC	1,309
HAY TONS	1,467
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	222
Number of chickens	1,429
Number of ducks	7
Number of farm occupants who own their land	176
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	64
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	31
Number of horses aged over 3 years	132
Number of milk cows	559
Number of occupants of farms	177
Number of other cattle	491
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	53
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	13
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	91
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	14
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	6
Number of sheep	1,191
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	732
Number of swine	47
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	126
OAT AC	413
OAT BU	4,079
POT AC	216
POT BU	19,628
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	150
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	4,331
Pounds of homemade butter	29,738
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,467
WHT AC	1
WHT FALL BU	15

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	53
A 11 50	13
A 201 PL	14
A 51 100	91
BUTTER LB	29,738
CATTLE KS	222
CHEESE LB	150
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	342
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	358
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	700
COLTS FILLIES	31
DUCKS	7
FAMILIES	171
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.90
FINE WOOL LB	4,331
FRN CA	0
GEESE	64
HENS AND CHKN	1,429
HORSES OVR THREE	132
HOUSES	171
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	3
HOUSES FIVE RM	32
HOUSES FOUR RM	26
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	168
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	93
HOUSES THREE RM	12
HOUSES TWO RM	4
HOUSES TWO STRY	3
HOUSES UNINH	9
HOUSES W	171
INF 11 A	6
MD FEM	146
MD MALE	144
MD TOT	290
MILK COWS	559
NAME CD	Cape Breton
OC F	1
OC P	176
OC TOT	177
OTHER HRN CATTLE	491
OTHERS	1,038
SHEEP	1,191
SHEEP KS	732
SUP AM	5,922
SUP FOR	17,240
SUP JV	68
SUP PAT	3,784
SUP SC	2,070
SUP TOT	23,162
SWINE	47
SWINE KS	126
TOT DWLG OCC	171
TUR AC	14
TUR BU	1,392
WID FEM	36
WID MALE	12
WID TOT	48

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS028013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS006020 — 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). "Hillside, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/hillside-ns028013-1891/.