Year: 1891
| Province: Nova Scotia
Islands, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Islands was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 474. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.753°N, 65.916°W.
Population
In 1891, Islands had a population of 474: 234 male and 240 female residents. Population density was 54.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Tusket, 1881 (11.0% share).
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 134 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 | 78 |
| Number of families | 78 |
| Number of females | 240 |
| Number of males | 234 |
| Number of married females | 76 |
| Number of married males | 76 |
| Number of married persons | 152 |
| Number of widowed females | 14 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 18 |
| POP F | 240 |
| POP M | 234 |
| POP TOT | 474 |
| Total population | 474 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 150 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 154 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 304 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 464 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 10 |
Buildings & housing (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses | 75 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 75 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 75 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 34 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 78 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (44 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 7 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 154 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,195 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 386 |
| Acres of hay crops | 269 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 547 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,742 |
| Acres of potatoes | 32 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| BAR BU | 12 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 43 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 82 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,917 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 435 |
| CRN BU | 3 |
| HAY AC | 269 |
| HAY TONS | 337 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 15 |
| Number of chickens | 706 |
| Number of ducks | 4 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 74 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 7 |
| Number of geese | 5 |
| Number of milk cows | 68 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 81 |
| Number of other cattle | 65 |
| Number of other fowl | 14 |
| Number of oxen | 54 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 33 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 39 |
| Number of sheep | 337 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 23 |
| Number of swine | 27 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 38 |
| PEA BU | 82 |
| POT AC | 32 |
| POT BU | 3,917 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 109 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 785 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 5,458 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 337 |
Other recorded variables (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 33 |
| A 51 100 | 9 |
| BEN BU | 43 |
| BUTTER LB | 5,458 |
| CATTLE KS | 15 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 150 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 154 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 304 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 109 |
| DUCKS | 4 |
| FAMILIES | 78 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.10 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 785 |
| FRN CA | 464 |
| GEESE | 5 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 706 |
| HOUSES | 75 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 15 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 15 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 75 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 34 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 9 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 1 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 4 |
| HOUSES W | 75 |
| INF 11 A | 39 |
| MD FEM | 76 |
| MD MALE | 76 |
| MD TOT | 152 |
| MILK COWS | 68 |
| NAME CD | Yarmouth |
| OC F | 7 |
| OC P | 74 |
| OC TOT | 81 |
| OTHER FOWL | 14 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 65 |
| OTHERS | 10 |
| SHEEP | 337 |
| SHEEP KS | 23 |
| SUP AM | 547 |
| SUP FOR | 1,195 |
| SUP JV | 7 |
| SUP PAT | 154 |
| SUP SC | 386 |
| SUP TOT | 1,742 |
| SWINE | 27 |
| SWINE KS | 38 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 78 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 435 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 3 |
| WID FEM | 14 |
| WID MALE | 4 |
| WID TOT | 18 |
| WORKING OX | 54 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS044011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS021009_1891 — 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). "Islands, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/islands-ns044011-1891/.