Ingonish, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
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 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 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,266 total population, 671 males, 595 females, 379 married persons, 207 families, 190 married males, 189 married females, 36 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 851 single persons under 18, 467 single males under 18, 384 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,263 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 207 occupied houses, 206 houses, 206 houses built of wood, 198 houses of 1 story, 61 houses of 3 rooms, 54 houses of 2 rooms, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 1 room, 12 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses under construction, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,355 pounds of homemade butter, 10,477 acres of land in farms, 10,319 bushels of potatoes, 8,633 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,844 acres of improved land in farms, 1,309 acres of farmland under crops, 959 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 916 chickens, 650 tons of hay, 528 acres of hay crops, 519 acres of farmland in pasture, 361 sheep, 342 bushels of oats, 267 milk cows, 244 bushels of turnips, 194 occupants of farms, 175 farm occupants who own their land, 173 other cattle, 160 swine slaughtered or sold, 135 swine, 94 sheep slaughtered or sold, 69 acres of potatoes, 66 oxen, 65 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 59 cattle killed or sold, 56 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 52 other fowl, 47 horses aged over 3 years, 39 bushels of barley, 25 acres of oats, 19 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4 bushels of beans, 3 acres of barley, 3 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of peas, 3 turkeys, 2 bushels of spring wheat, 2 ducks, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.