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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia  |  Wikidata: Q6504811

Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Lawrencetown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 416. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6504811. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.681°N, 63.375°W.

Population

In 1891, Lawrencetown had a population of 416: 219 male and 197 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871504
1881521
1891416
1901359
1911328
1921283

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, Lawrencetown 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 416 total population, 219 males, 197 females, 131 married persons, 79 families, 66 married females, 65 married males, 20 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 5.30 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 265 single persons under 18, 150 single males under 18, 115 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 416 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 74 occupied houses, 73 houses, 73 houses built of wood, 69 houses of 2 stories, 43 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 1 story, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 12,216 pounds of homemade butter, 8,771 acres of land in farms, 6,337 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,033 bushels of potatoes, 3,374 bushels of turnips, 2,434 acres of improved land in farms, 1,392 chickens, 1,253 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,171 acres of farmland under crops, 911 bushels of oats, 851 tons of hay, 835 acres of hay crops, 646 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 364 bushels of barley, 232 other cattle, 197 sheep, 171 milk cows, 159 bushels of peas, 119 sheep slaughtered or sold, 112 cattle killed or sold, 85 swine slaughtered or sold, 81 oxen, 80 bushels of beans, 80 occupants of farms, 76 farm occupants who own their land, 57 horses aged over 3 years, 56 ducks, 44 acres of oats, 43 swine, 41 acres of potatoes, 24 geese, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 acres of barley, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 bushels of corn, 7 turkeys, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lawrencetown-ns034026-1891/.