Lake Ainslie W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Lake Ainslie W-O (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

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 density was 7.1 people per square mile.

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 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.70
FAM NO	62
Number of families	62
Number of females	240
Number of males	177
Number of married females	50
Number of married males	49
Number of married persons	99
Number of widowed females	13
Number of widowed males	5
Number of widowed persons	18
POP F	240
POP M	177
POP TOT	417
Total population	417

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	177
Number of single males under 18	123
Number of single persons under 18	300

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	417

Buildings & housing (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	61
Number of houses built of wood	61
Number of houses of 1 story	3
Number of houses of 2 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 stories	58
Number of houses of 3 rooms	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	14
Number of houses of 5 rooms	10
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	29
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	61
Number of uninhabited houses	1

Agriculture (48 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	26
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	4
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,307
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	6,087
Acres of farmland under crops	1,132
Acres of hay crops	648
Acres of improved land in farms	2,443
Acres of land in farms	8,530
Acres of oats	402
Acres of potatoes	55
Acres of turnips	1
BAR AC	26
BAR BU	332
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	332
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	237
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	4,560
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,419
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	57
BWT BU	237
HAY AC	648
HAY TONS	758
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	91
Number of chickens	524
Number of farm occupants who own their land	61
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	43
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	20
Number of horses aged over 3 years	94
Number of milk cows	315
Number of occupants of farms	62
Number of other cattle	331
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	25
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	24
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	5
Number of sheep	787
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	235
Number of swine	213
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	106
OAT AC	402
OAT BU	4,560
POT AC	55
POT BU	4,419
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	5,908
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	137
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	1,276
Pounds of homemade butter	15,155
Tons of hay produced in the past year	758

Other recorded variables (56 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	25
A 11 50	8
A 201 PL	5
A 51 100	24
BUTTER LB	15,155
CATTLE KS	91
CHEESE LB	5,908
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	177
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	123
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	300
COARSE WOOL LB	137
COLTS FILLIES	20
FAMILIES	62
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.70
FINE WOOL LB	1,276
FRN CA	0
GEESE	43
HENS AND CHKN	524
HORSES OVR THREE	94
HOUSES	61
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	10
HOUSES FOUR RM	14
HOUSES ONE STRY	3
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	29
HOUSES THREE RM	1
HOUSES TWO RM	7
HOUSES TWO STRY	58
HOUSES UNINH	1
HOUSES W	61
MD FEM	50
MD MALE	49
MD TOT	99
MILK COWS	315
NAME CD	Inverness
OC F	1
OC P	61
OC TOT	62
OTHER HRN CATTLE	331
OTHERS	417
SHEEP	787
SHEEP KS	235
SUP AM	2,443
SUP FOR	6,087
SUP JV	4
SUP PAT	1,307
SUP SC	1,132
SUP TOT	8,530
SWINE	213
SWINE KS	106
TOT DWLG OCC	61
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	57
WID FEM	13
WID MALE	5
WID TOT	18

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS036008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS013008_1871 — 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/.