Malignant Brook, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Malignant Brook was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 606. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.754°N, 62.084°W.
Population
In 1891, Malignant Brook had a population of 606: 309 male and 297 female residents. Population density was 21.1 people per square mile.
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 Arisaig, 1881 (50.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Malignant Brook shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.70 |
| FAM NO | 107 |
| Number of families | 107 |
| Number of females | 297 |
| Number of males | 309 |
| Number of married females | 82 |
| Number of married males | 76 |
| Number of married persons | 158 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 24 |
| POP F | 297 |
| POP M | 309 |
| POP TOT | 606 |
| Total population | 606 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 207 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 217 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 424 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 606 |
Buildings & housing (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 105 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 105 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 104 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 26 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 35 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 105 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 25 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 24 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 3,517 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 7,495 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,456 |
| Acres of hay crops | 1,328 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 5,997 |
| Acres of land in farms | 13,492 |
| Acres of oats | 449 |
| Acres of potatoes | 128 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| Acres of wheat | 191 |
| BAR AC | 25 |
| BAR BU | 254 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 254 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 394 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,466 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 14,295 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,026 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 516 |
| BWT BU | 394 |
| HAY AC | 1,328 |
| HAY TONS | 1,549 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 187 |
| Number of chickens | 1,173 |
| Number of ducks | 12 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 109 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of geese | 94 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 44 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 142 |
| Number of milk cows | 414 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 111 |
| Number of other cattle | 566 |
| Number of oxen | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 26 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 57 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 5 |
| Number of sheep | 1,308 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 695 |
| Number of swine | 180 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 149 |
| OAT AC | 449 |
| OAT BU | 6,466 |
| PEA BU | 3 |
| POT AC | 128 |
| POT BU | 14,295 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 13,541 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 193 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 3,462 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 19,725 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,549 |
| WHT AC | 191 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,026 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 26 |
| A 11 50 | 11 |
| A 201 PL | 12 |
| A 51 100 | 57 |
| BEN BU | 4 |
| BUTTER LB | 19,725 |
| CATTLE KS | 187 |
| CHEESE LB | 13,541 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 207 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 217 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 424 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 193 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 44 |
| DUCKS | 12 |
| FAMILIES | 107 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.70 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 3,462 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 94 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,173 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 142 |
| HOUSES | 105 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 16 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 35 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 104 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 16 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 26 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 10 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 10 |
| HOUSES W | 105 |
| INF 11 A | 5 |
| MD FEM | 82 |
| MD MALE | 76 |
| MD TOT | 158 |
| MILK COWS | 414 |
| NAME CD | Antigonish |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 109 |
| OC TOT | 111 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 566 |
| OTHERS | 606 |
| SHEEP | 1,308 |
| SHEEP KS | 695 |
| SUP AM | 5,997 |
| SUP FOR | 7,495 |
| SUP JV | 24 |
| SUP PAT | 3,517 |
| SUP SC | 2,456 |
| SUP TOT | 13,492 |
| SWINE | 180 |
| SWINE KS | 149 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 105 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 516 |
| WID FEM | 8 |
| WID MALE | 16 |
| WID TOT | 24 |
| WORKING OX | 6 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS027010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS027010— 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). "Malignant Brook, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/malignant-brook-ns027010-1891/.