Kentville & Canaan, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Kentville & Canaan was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,526. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.964°N, 64.515°W.
Population
In 1891, Kentville & Canaan had a population of 2,526: 1,237 male and 1,289 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kentville, T-V, 1901 (6.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Canaan, 1901 (94.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Kentville & Canaan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,526 total population, 1,289 females, 1,237 males, 850 married persons, 512 families, 425 married females, 425 married males, 83 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,593 single persons under 18, 806 single females under 18, 787 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,548 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 507 occupied houses, 501 houses, 500 houses built of wood, 362 houses of 1 story, 328 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 136 houses of 2 stories, 76 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 39 houses of 4 rooms, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 55,258 bushels of potatoes, 47,616 pounds of homemade butter, 33,439 bushels of turnips, 30,774 acres of land in farms, 16,080 acres of improved land in farms, 14,694 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,042 bushels of oats, 9,046 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,382 acres of farmland under crops, 4,723 chickens, 4,452 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,382 tons of hay, 3,387 acres of hay crops, 1,818 bushels of buckwheat, 1,533 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,459 sheep, 1,221 bushels of barley, 894 other cattle, 886 bushels of rye, 855 sheep slaughtered or sold, 672 milk cows, 652 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 555 turkeys, 540 geese, 500 acres of oats, 453 acres of potatoes, 419 occupants of farms, 414 horses aged over 3 years, 408 bushels of corn, 403 swine, 391 swine slaughtered or sold, 370 farm occupants who own their land, 348 bushels of beans, 272 bushels of spring wheat, 270 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 261 bushels of peas, 223 oxen, 209 ducks, 195 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 158 cattle killed or sold, 125 horses aged 3 years and under, 103 acres of turnips, 77 acres of barley, 68 other fowl, 65 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 48 farm occupants who rent their land, 45 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 bushels of winter wheat, 24 acres of wheat, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Chipman | 1790–1891 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS037006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037006— 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). "Kentville & Canaan, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kentville-canaan-ns037006-1891/.