Margaretsville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Margaretsville was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 703. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.032°N, 65.039°W.
Population
In 1891, Margaretsville had a population of 703: 344 male and 359 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 703 |
| 1901 | 476 |
| 1911 | 481 |
| 1921 | 507 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Willmot, 1881 (29.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Margaretsville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 703 total population, 359 females, 344 males, 242 married persons, 145 families, 121 married females, 121 married males, 43 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 418 single persons under 18, 211 single males under 18, 207 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 703 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 138 houses, 138 houses built of wood, 138 occupied houses, 136 houses of 1 story, 90 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,037 pounds of homemade butter, 10,992 bushels of potatoes, 6,774 acres of land in farms, 5,912 acres of improved land in farms, 3,448 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,288 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,857 bushels of oats, 2,370 acres of farmland under crops, 1,534 chickens, 1,349 bushels of turnips, 1,303 acres of hay crops, 931 tons of hay, 862 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 783 sheep, 739 bushels of barley, 639 sheep slaughtered or sold, 519 bushels of buckwheat, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 192 milk cows, 159 other cattle, 155 acres of oats, 131 occupants of farms, 122 farm occupants who own their land, 108 swine slaughtered or sold, 99 acres of potatoes, 97 bushels of beans, 88 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 84 horses aged over 3 years, 67 swine, 50 oxen, 46 cattle killed or sold, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 38 acres of barley, 35 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 35 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 34 bushels of peas, 34 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 bushels of spring wheat, 16 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 12 geese, 9 bushels of winter wheat, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 acres of turnips, 8 ducks, 4 turkeys, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS026017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS004015— 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). "Margaretsville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/margaretsville-ns026017-1891/.