Year: 1891
| Province: Nova Scotia
Larry River, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Larry River was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 901. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.259°N, 61.403°W.
Population
In 1891, Larry River had a population of 901: 429 male and 472 female residents. Population density was 16.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, Larry River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 119 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6 |
| FAM NO | 149 |
| Number of families | 149 |
| Number of females | 472 |
| Number of males | 429 |
| Number of married females | 146 |
| Number of married males | 145 |
| Number of married persons | 291 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 34 |
| POP F | 472 |
| POP M | 429 |
| POP TOT | 901 |
| Total population | 901 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 302 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 274 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 576 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 901 |
Buildings & housing (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 145 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 145 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 132 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 20 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 13 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 53 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 54 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 146 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 26 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 4,519 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 473 |
| Acres of hay crops | 294 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 499 |
| Acres of land in farms | 5,018 |
| Acres of oats | 2 |
| Acres of potatoes | 7 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 127 |
| HAY AC | 294 |
| HAY TONS | 348 |
| Number of chickens | 918 |
| Number of ducks | 19 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 139 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of geese | 12 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 5 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 18 |
| Number of milk cows | 73 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 141 |
| Number of other cattle | 48 |
| Number of oxen | 78 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 26 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 18 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 80 |
| Number of sheep | 258 |
| Number of swine | 2 |
| OAT AC | 2 |
| OAT BU | 40 |
| POT AC | 7 |
| POT BU | 127 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,032 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 348 |
Other recorded variables (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 15 |
| A 11 50 | 26 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 18 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 302 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 274 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 576 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 1,032 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 5 |
| DUCKS | 19 |
| FAMILIES | 149 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 12 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 918 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 18 |
| HOUSES | 145 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 54 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 132 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 12 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 53 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 20 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 13 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 11 |
| HOUSES W | 145 |
| INF 11 A | 80 |
| MD FEM | 146 |
| MD MALE | 145 |
| MD TOT | 291 |
| MILK COWS | 73 |
| NAME CD | Guysborough |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 139 |
| OC TOT | 141 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 48 |
| OTHERS | 901 |
| SHEEP | 258 |
| SUP AM | 499 |
| SUP FOR | 4,519 |
| SUP PAT | 26 |
| SUP SC | 473 |
| SUP TOT | 5,018 |
| SWINE | 2 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 146 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 24 |
| WID MALE | 10 |
| WID TOT | 34 |
| WORKING OX | 78 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS032011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010017_1881 — 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). "Larry River, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/larry-river-ns032011-1891/.