Lake Ainslie W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Lake Ainslie W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 417. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.082°N, 61.210°W.
Population
In 1891, Lake Ainslie W-O had a population of 417: 177 male and 240 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 397 |
| 1881 | 430 |
| 1891 | 417 |
| 1901 | 391 |
| 1911 | 296 |
| 1921 | 254 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Lake Ainslie W-O shared boundaries with:
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 417 total population, 240 females, 177 males, 99 married persons, 62 families, 50 married females, 49 married males, 18 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 6.70 average size of families, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 300 single persons under 18, 177 single females under 18, 123 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 417 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 61 houses, 61 houses built of wood, 61 occupied houses, 58 houses of 2 stories, 29 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 1 story, 1 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,155 pounds of homemade butter, 8,530 acres of land in farms, 6,087 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,908 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,560 bushels of oats, 4,419 bushels of potatoes, 2,443 acres of improved land in farms, 1,307 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,276 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,132 acres of farmland under crops, 787 sheep, 758 tons of hay, 648 acres of hay crops, 524 chickens, 402 acres of oats, 332 bushels of barley, 331 other cattle, 315 milk cows, 237 bushels of buckwheat, 235 sheep slaughtered or sold, 213 swine, 137 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 106 swine slaughtered or sold, 94 horses aged over 3 years, 91 cattle killed or sold, 62 occupants of farms, 61 farm occupants who own their land, 57 bushels of turnips, 55 acres of potatoes, 43 geese, 26 acres of barley, 25 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 20 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of turnips, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS036008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013008— 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). "Lake Ainslie W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lake-ainslie-w-o-ns036008-1891/.