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.
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 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 606 total population, 309 males, 297 females, 158 married persons, 107 families, 82 married females, 76 married males, 24 widowed persons, 16 widowed males, 8 widowed females, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 424 single persons under 18, 217 single males under 18, 207 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 606 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 105 houses, 105 houses built of wood, 105 occupied houses, 104 houses of 1 story, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 19,725 pounds of homemade butter, 14,295 bushels of potatoes, 13,541 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13,492 acres of land in farms, 7,495 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,466 bushels of oats, 5,997 acres of improved land in farms, 3,517 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,462 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,456 acres of farmland under crops, 2,026 bushels of spring wheat, 1,549 tons of hay, 1,328 acres of hay crops, 1,308 sheep, 1,173 chickens, 695 sheep slaughtered or sold, 566 other cattle, 516 bushels of turnips, 449 acres of oats, 414 milk cows, 394 bushels of buckwheat, 254 bushels of barley, 193 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 191 acres of wheat, 187 cattle killed or sold, 180 swine, 149 swine slaughtered or sold, 142 horses aged over 3 years, 128 acres of potatoes, 111 occupants of farms, 109 farm occupants who own their land, 94 geese, 57 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 44 horses aged 3 years and under, 26 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 25 acres of barley, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 ducks, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 oxen, 5 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 3 bushels of peas, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.