Louis Head, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Louis Head was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,000. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.803°N, 65.020°W.
Population
In 1891, Louis Head had a population of 1,000: 524 male and 476 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 917 |
| 1881 | 988 |
| 1891 | 1,000 |
| 1901 | 927 |
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, Louis Head shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,000 total population, 524 males, 476 females, 328 married persons, 181 families, 164 married females, 164 married males, 61 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 611 single persons under 18, 335 single males under 18, 276 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,000 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 180 occupied houses, 179 houses, 179 houses built of wood, 178 houses of 1 story, 130 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,262 acres of land in farms, 23,554 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,228 pounds of homemade butter, 2,782 bushels of potatoes, 2,705 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,752 chickens, 1,708 acres of improved land in farms, 1,499 bushels of turnips, 1,247 sheep, 1,015 acres of farmland under crops, 959 tons of hay, 780 acres of hay crops, 646 acres of farmland in pasture, 439 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 319 other cattle, 255 milk cows, 183 occupants of farms, 179 farm occupants who own their land, 178 bushels of oats, 175 sheep slaughtered or sold, 161 oxen, 135 bushels of barley, 96 cattle killed or sold, 63 geese, 47 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 44 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 40 horses aged over 3 years, 36 acres of potatoes, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 32 swine, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 ducks, 16 swine slaughtered or sold, 15 bushels of beans, 14 acres of turnips, 7 acres of oats, 7 bushels of peas, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 acres of barley, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 other fowl, 2 bushels of corn, 2 turkeys, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS040014— 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). "Louis Head, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/louis-head-ns042009-1891/.