Ingonish, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

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

Ingonish was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,266. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.671°N, 60.401°W.

Population

In 1891, Ingonish had a population of 1,266: 671 male and 595 female residents. Population density was 65.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	800
1881	1,088
1891	1,266
1901	954
1911	966
1921	1,039

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, Ingonish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.10
FAM NO	207
Number of families	207
Number of females	595
Number of males	671
Number of married females	189
Number of married males	190
Number of married persons	379
Number of widowed females	22
Number of widowed males	14
Number of widowed persons	36
POP F	595
POP M	671
POP TOT	1,266
Total population	1,266

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	384
Number of single males under 18	467
Number of single persons under 18	851

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	3
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,263

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	206
Number of houses built of wood	206
Number of houses of 1 room	28
Number of houses of 1 story	198
Number of houses of 2 rooms	54
Number of houses of 2 stories	8
Number of houses of 3 rooms	61
Number of houses of 4 rooms	48
Number of houses of 5 rooms	3
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	12
Number of houses under construction	6
Number of occupied houses	207
Number of uninhabited houses	9

Agriculture (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	3
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	16
Acres of farmland in pasture	519
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	8,633
Acres of farmland under crops	1,309
Acres of hay crops	528
Acres of improved land in farms	1,844
Acres of land in farms	10,477
Acres of oats	25
Acres of potatoes	69
Acres of turnips	3
BAR AC	3
BAR BU	39
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	39
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	4
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	342
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	3
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	10,319
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	2
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	244
HAY AC	528
HAY TONS	650
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	59
Number of chickens	916
Number of ducks	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	175
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	19
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	1
Number of horses aged over 3 years	47
Number of milk cows	267
Number of occupants of farms	194
Number of other cattle	173
Number of other fowl	52
Number of oxen	66
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	18
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	53
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	56
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	65
Number of sheep	361
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	94
Number of swine	135
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	160
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	25
OAT BU	342
PEA BU	3
POT AC	69
POT BU	10,319
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	5
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	959
Pounds of homemade butter	16,355
Tons of hay produced in the past year	650
WHT SP BU	2

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	18
A 11 50	53
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	56
BEN BU	4
BUTTER LB	16,355
CATTLE KS	59
CHEESE LB	5
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	384
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	467
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	851
COARSE WOOL LB	959
COLTS FILLIES	1
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	207
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.10
FRN CA	3
HENS AND CHKN	916
HORSES OVR THREE	47
HOUSES	206
HOUSES CON	6
HOUSES FIVE RM	3
HOUSES FOUR RM	48
HOUSES ONE RM	28
HOUSES ONE STRY	198
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	12
HOUSES THREE RM	61
HOUSES TWO RM	54
HOUSES TWO STRY	8
HOUSES UNINH	9
HOUSES W	206
INF 11 A	65
MD FEM	189
MD MALE	190
MD TOT	379
MILK COWS	267
NAME CD	Victoria
OC F	19
OC P	175
OC TOT	194
OTHER FOWL	52
OTHER HRN CATTLE	173
OTHERS	1,263
SHEEP	361
SHEEP KS	94
SUP AM	1,844
SUP FOR	8,633
SUP JV	16
SUP PAT	519
SUP SC	1,309
SUP TOT	10,477
SWINE	135
SWINE KS	160
TOT DWLG OCC	207
TUR AC	3
TUR BU	244
TURKEY	3
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	22
WID MALE	14
WID TOT	36
WORKING OX	66

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS043008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS020009_1871 — 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). "Ingonish, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ingonish-ns043008-1891/.