Jordan Falls, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Jordan Falls was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 600. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875694. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.825°N, 65.204°W.
Population
In 1891, Jordan Falls had a population of 600: 319 male and 281 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 Jordan River, 1881 (14.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Jordan Falls shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 600 total population, 319 males, 281 females, 205 married persons, 123 families, 104 married females, 101 married males, 22 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 373 single persons under 18, 210 single males under 18, 163 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 600 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 111 occupied houses, 108 houses, 108 houses built of wood, 105 houses of 1 story, 73 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 9 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,767 pounds of homemade butter, 7,238 acres of land in farms, 6,575 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,933 bushels of potatoes, 815 chickens, 672 bushels of turnips, 663 acres of improved land in farms, 434 tons of hay, 395 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 365 acres of farmland under crops, 245 acres of farmland in pasture, 240 bushels of oats, 204 acres of hay crops, 140 other cattle, 138 sheep, 122 milk cows, 121 bushels of barley, 116 occupants of farms, 93 farm occupants who own their land, 86 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 68 oxen, 61 sheep slaughtered or sold, 53 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 47 cattle killed or sold, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 swine, 26 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 25 horses aged over 3 years, 23 bushels of beans, 23 farm occupants who rent their land, 22 swine slaughtered or sold, 19 acres of potatoes, 19 bushels of peas, 18 ducks, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 acres of oats, 6 bushels of corn, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of barley, 4 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS042008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q14875694
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 Falls, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/jordan-falls-ns042008-1891/.