Marshall, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Marshall, Town—Ville was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,036. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6773870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.558°N, 65.740°W.
Population
In 1891, Marshall, Town—Ville had a population of 1,036: 510 male and 526 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,077 |
| 1891 | 1,036 |
| 1901 | 1,199 |
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, Marshall, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,036 total population, 526 females, 510 males, 360 married persons, 210 families, 181 married females, 179 married males, 56 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 620 single persons under 18, 315 single males under 18, 305 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 875 persons who are not French Canadian, 161 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 210 occupied houses, 209 houses, 209 houses built of wood, 202 houses of 1 story, 93 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 31 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 26,320 pounds of homemade butter, 22,305 acres of land in farms, 16,024 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,443 bushels of potatoes, 8,660 bushels of turnips, 6,281 acres of improved land in farms, 3,737 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,422 bushels of oats, 2,407 acres of farmland under crops, 2,171 chickens, 2,161 acres of hay crops, 2,041 tons of hay, 1,321 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 509 bushels of barley, 474 sheep, 398 other cattle, 340 milk cows, 269 oxen, 228 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 211 bushels of buckwheat, 197 occupants of farms, 190 farm occupants who own their land, 172 sheep slaughtered or sold, 163 swine slaughtered or sold, 155 swine, 137 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 129 acres of potatoes, 125 cattle killed or sold, 113 acres of oats, 92 bushels of peas, 83 bushels of corn, 72 horses aged over 3 years, 55 bushels of beans, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 48 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 acres of turnips, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 27 acres of barley, 24 geese, 24 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 ducks, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 8 turkeys, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 bushels of spring wheat, 4 other fowl, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS031010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS031011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6773870
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). "Marshall, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/marshall-town-ville-ns031010-1891/.