Merland, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Merland was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,065. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.606°N, 61.663°W.

Population

In 1891, Merland had a population of 1,065: 553 male and 512 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 Heatherton, 1881 (42.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Merland shared boundaries with:

• Guysborough Intervale
• Heatherton
• Linwood
• Tracadie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,065 total population, 553 males, 512 females, 320 married persons, 209 families, 161 married males, 159 married females, 70 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 675 single persons under 18, 367 single males under 18, 308 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 583 French Canadians, 482 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 207 houses, 207 houses built of wood, 207 occupied houses, 205 houses of 1 story, 61 houses of 4 rooms, 61 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,817 bushels of potatoes, 25,054 pounds of homemade butter, 14,593 acres of land in farms, 7,677 acres of improved land in farms, 7,280 bushels of oats, 6,916 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,905 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,508 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,758 acres of farmland under crops, 2,618 bushels of turnips, 2,227 chickens, 2,065 tons of hay, 1,990 bushels of spring wheat, 1,975 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,973 acres of hay crops, 1,870 bushels of barley, 1,018 sheep, 678 other cattle, 508 milk cows, 481 sheep slaughtered or sold, 362 acres of oats, 282 cattle killed or sold, 222 occupants of farms, 210 farm occupants who own their land, 185 horses aged over 3 years, 167 bushels of buckwheat, 149 swine, 144 acres of potatoes, 139 bushels of beans, 128 swine slaughtered or sold, 112 acres of wheat, 104 bushels of corn, 95 acres of barley, 79 oxen, 77 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 76 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 59 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 56 horses aged 3 years and under, 45 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 bushels of peas, 44 ducks, 34 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 22 geese, 17 acres of turnips, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS027012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS027012 — 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). "Merland, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/merland-ns027012-1891/.