Louisburg, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Louisburg (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Louisburg was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,116. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.927°N, 60.004°W.

Population

In 1891, Louisburg had a population of 1,116: 556 male and 560 female residents. Population density was 27.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	1,446
1881	999
1891	1,116
1901	1,588

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, Louisburg shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5
FAM NO	223
Number of families	223
Number of females	560
Number of males	556
Number of married females	175
Number of married males	176
Number of married persons	351
Number of widowed females	38
Number of widowed males	15
Number of widowed persons	53
POP F	560
POP M	556
POP TOT	1,116
Total population	1,116

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	347
Number of single males under 18	365
Number of single persons under 18	712

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,116

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	2
Number of houses	218
Number of houses built of wood	218
Number of houses of 1 story	180
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	3
Number of houses of 2 rooms	11
Number of houses of 2 stories	36
Number of houses of 3 rooms	23
Number of houses of 3 stories	2
Number of houses of 4 rooms	59
Number of houses of 5 rooms	45
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	77
Number of houses under construction	4
Number of occupied houses	220

Agriculture (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	5
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	2
Acres of farmland in pasture	463
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	13,239
Acres of farmland under crops	1,537
Acres of hay crops	611
Acres of improved land in farms	2,002
Acres of land in farms	15,241
Acres of oats	52
Acres of potatoes	61
Acres of turnips	3
BAR AC	5
BAR BU	120
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	120
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	1
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	40
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,470
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	20
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	6,155
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	558
BWT BU	40
HAY AC	611
HAY TONS	772
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	97
Number of chickens	1,426
Number of ducks	19
Number of farm occupants who own their land	181
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	56
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	12
Number of horses aged over 3 years	64
Number of milk cows	295
Number of occupants of farms	182
Number of other cattle	214
Number of other fowl	34
Number of oxen	20
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	32
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	47
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	50
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	46
Number of sheep	828
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	375
Number of swine	44
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	54
OAT AC	52
OAT BU	1,470
PEA BU	20
POT AC	61
POT BU	6,155
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	2,898
Pounds of homemade butter	17,490
Tons of hay produced in the past year	772

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	32
A 11 50	47
A 201 PL	7
A 51 100	50
BEN BU	1
BUTTER LB	17,490
CATTLE KS	97
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	347
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	365
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	712
COARSE WOOL LB	2,898
COLTS FILLIES	12
DUCKS	19
FAMILIES	223
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5
FRN CA	0
GEESE	56
HENS AND CHKN	1,426
HORSES OVR THREE	64
HOUSES	218
HOUSES CON	4
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	3
HOUSES FIVE RM	45
HOUSES FOUR RM	59
HOUSES ONE STRY	180
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	77
HOUSES THREE RM	23
HOUSES THREE STRY	2
HOUSES TWO RM	11
HOUSES TWO STRY	36
HOUSES W	218
INF 11 A	46
MD FEM	175
MD MALE	176
MD TOT	351
MILK COWS	295
NAME CD	Cape Breton
OC F	1
OC P	181
OC TOT	182
OTHER FOWL	34
OTHER HRN CATTLE	214
OTHERS	1,116
SHEEP	828
SHEEP KS	375
SUP AM	2,002
SUP FOR	13,239
SUP JV	2
SUP PAT	463
SUP SC	1,537
SUP TOT	15,241
SWINE	44
SWINE KS	54
TOT DWLG OCC	220
TUR AC	3
TUR BU	558
VESS AND SHAN	2
WID FEM	38
WID MALE	15
WID TOT	53
WORKING OX	20

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS028018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS028020 — 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). "Louisburg, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/louisburg-ns028018-1891/.