Leitche’s Creek, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Leitche’s Creek was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,195. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.179°N, 60.373°W.
Population
In 1891, Leitche’s Creek had a population of 1,195: 604 male and 591 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Ball’s Creek, 1881 (25.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Leitche’s Creek shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,195 total population, 604 males, 591 females, 332 married persons, 204 families, 167 married females, 165 married males, 56 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 807 single persons under 18, 421 single males under 18, 386 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,195 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 204 houses, 204 houses built of wood, 204 occupied houses, 105 houses of 1 story, 99 houses of 2 stories, 73 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 1 room, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 13 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 46,800 pounds of homemade butter, 15,975 bushels of potatoes, 13,829 acres of land in farms, 7,245 acres of improved land in farms, 6,584 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,827 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,314 bushels of oats, 3,055 chickens, 2,988 bushels of turnips, 2,895 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,367 acres of farmland under crops, 1,854 tons of hay, 1,319 bushels of barley, 1,259 acres of hay crops, 828 sheep, 569 milk cows, 497 sheep slaughtered or sold, 380 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 355 other cattle, 257 acres of oats, 186 swine slaughtered or sold, 185 horses aged over 3 years, 185 occupants of farms, 181 farm occupants who own their land, 171 cattle killed or sold, 141 acres of potatoes, 128 swine, 108 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 104 ducks, 96 bushels of spring wheat, 78 geese, 76 acres of barley, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 51 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 turkeys, 42 horses aged 3 years and under, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 25, 23 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 18 acres of turnips, 8 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of beans, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 bushels of buckwheat, 2 employees on farms, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of peas. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS028014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS028014— 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). "Leitche’s Creek, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/leitche-s-creek-ns028014-1891/.