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 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 66 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 474 total population, 240 females, 234 males, 152 married persons, 78 families, 76 married females, 76 married males, 18 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 6.10 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 304 single persons under 18, 154 single males under 18, 150 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 464 French Canadians, 10 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 78 occupied houses, 75 houses, 75 houses built of wood, 75 houses of 1 story, 34 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 9 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,458 pounds of homemade butter, 3,917 bushels of potatoes, 1,742 acres of land in farms, 1,195 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 785 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 706 chickens, 547 acres of improved land in farms, 435 bushels of turnips, 386 acres of farmland under crops, 337 sheep, 337 tons of hay, 269 acres of hay crops, 154 acres of farmland in pasture, 109 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 82 bushels of peas, 81 occupants of farms, 74 farm occupants who own their land, 68 milk cows, 65 other cattle, 54 oxen, 43 bushels of beans, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 38 swine slaughtered or sold, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 32 acres of potatoes, 27 swine, 23 sheep slaughtered or sold, 15 cattle killed or sold, 14 other fowl, 12 bushels of barley, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 acres of turnips, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 geese, 4 ducks, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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/.