Mill Cove, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Mill Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 619. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.584°N, 64.076°W.
Population
In 1891, Mill Cove had a population of 619: 344 male and 275 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 434 |
| 1881 | 539 |
| 1891 | 619 |
| 1901 | 658 |
| 1911 | 671 |
| 1921 | 707 |
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, Mill Cove shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 64 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 619 total population, 344 males, 275 females, 210 married persons, 110 families, 105 married females, 105 married males, 16 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 393 single persons under 18, 227 single males under 18, 166 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 619 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 101 houses, 101 houses built of wood, 101 houses of 1 story, 101 occupied houses, 51 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,060 acres of land in farms, 5,754 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,917 bushels of potatoes, 3,071 pounds of homemade butter, 629 bushels of turnips, 578 chickens, 306 acres of improved land in farms, 208 acres of farmland under crops, 173 bushels of oats, 153 acres of hay crops, 137 tons of hay, 135 swine, 103 occupants of farms, 98 farm occupants who own their land, 68 milk cows, 68 swine slaughtered or sold, 67 acres of farmland in pasture, 57 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 48 acres of potatoes, 44 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 oxen, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 bushels of barley, 22 cattle killed or sold, 22 other fowl, 22 sheep, 21 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 other cattle, 19 bushels of beans, 15 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 ducks, 7 acres of oats, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 horses aged over 3 years, 2 geese, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS038007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS015024— 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). "Mill Cove, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/mill-cove-ns038007-1891/.