Margarie, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Margarie was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,743. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.387°N, 61.116°W.
Population
In 1891, Margarie had a population of 1,743: 888 male and 855 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Margaree Harbour, West side—Côté ouest, 1901 (67.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Margaree Harbour, East side—Côté est, 1901 (32.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Margarie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,743 total population, 888 males, 855 females, 474 married persons, 273 families, 237 married females, 237 married males, 64 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 6.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,205 single persons under 18, 633 single males under 18, 572 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 934 French Canadians, 809 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 271 houses, 271 occupied houses, 270 houses built of wood, 267 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 3 rooms, 58 houses of 2 rooms, 45 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 42 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 1 room, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 4 houses of 2 stories, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,157 pounds of homemade butter, 31,095 bushels of potatoes, 22,565 acres of land in farms, 16,598 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,762 bushels of oats, 5,967 acres of improved land in farms, 4,221 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,808 acres of farmland under crops, 3,365 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,030 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,539 tons of hay, 2,400 sheep, 2,245 chickens, 2,148 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,995 acres of hay crops, 966 bushels of barley, 732 bushels of turnips, 709 other cattle, 703 milk cows, 576 sheep slaughtered or sold, 378 acres of oats, 274 swine, 263 geese, 261 horses aged over 3 years, 252 occupants of farms, 251 acres of potatoes, 242 farm occupants who own their land, 218 bushels of spring wheat, 204 cattle killed or sold, 185 swine slaughtered or sold, 99 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 73 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 57 horses aged 3 years and under, 55 acres of barley, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 33 ducks, 31 turkeys, 22 bushels of beans, 20 acres of wheat, 17 oxen, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 acres of turnips, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 bushels of corn, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of peas. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS036009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036009— 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). "Margarie, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/margarie-ns036009-1891/.