Jordan Bay W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Jordan Bay W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 390. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.756°N, 65.266°W.
Population
In 1891, Jordan Bay W-O had a population of 390: 180 male and 210 female residents.
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 Shelburn, Town—Ville, 1881 (62.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Jordan Bay W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 390 total population, 210 females, 180 males, 99 married persons, 69 families, 51 married females, 48 married males, 25 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 266 single persons under 18, 143 single females under 18, 123 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 390 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 67 houses, 67 houses built of wood, 67 occupied houses, 66 houses of 1 story, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,024 pounds of homemade butter, 5,345 acres of land in farms, 4,469 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,952 bushels of potatoes, 1,547 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,089 bushels of turnips, 876 acres of improved land in farms, 731 chickens, 551 sheep, 472 acres of farmland under crops, 347 tons of hay, 342 acres of farmland in pasture, 308 acres of hay crops, 211 bushels of oats, 188 ducks, 93 milk cows, 80 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 74 occupants of farms, 74 other cattle, 71 farm occupants who own their land, 64 sheep slaughtered or sold, 62 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 55 swine, 39 oxen, 37 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 34 acres of potatoes, 33 bushels of corn, 29 geese, 27 bushels of beans, 25 cattle killed or sold, 25 swine slaughtered or sold, 24 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 bushels of barley, 15 acres of turnips, 12 acres of oats, 12 bushels of peas, 10 horses aged over 3 years, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS042007— 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). "Jordan Bay W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/jordan-bay-w-o-ns042007-1891/.