Year: 1891
| Province: Nova Scotia
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 density was 19.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 131 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.60 |
| FAM NO | 110 |
| Number of families | 110 |
| Number of females | 275 |
| Number of males | 344 |
| Number of married females | 105 |
| Number of married males | 105 |
| Number of married persons | 210 |
| Number of widowed females | 4 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 16 |
| POP F | 275 |
| POP M | 344 |
| POP TOT | 619 |
| Total population | 619 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 166 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 227 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 393 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 619 |
Buildings & housing (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 101 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 101 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 101 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 29 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 51 |
| Number of occupied houses | 101 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (47 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 31 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 67 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 5,754 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 208 |
| Acres of hay crops | 153 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 306 |
| Acres of land in farms | 6,060 |
| Acres of oats | 7 |
| Acres of potatoes | 48 |
| Acres of turnips | 15 |
| BAR AC | 1 |
| BAR BU | 26 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 26 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 173 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,917 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 629 |
| HAY AC | 153 |
| HAY TONS | 137 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 22 |
| Number of chickens | 578 |
| Number of ducks | 10 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 98 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 5 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 3 |
| Number of milk cows | 68 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 103 |
| Number of other cattle | 20 |
| Number of other fowl | 22 |
| Number of oxen | 42 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 44 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 21 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 21 |
| Number of sheep | 22 |
| Number of swine | 135 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 68 |
| OAT AC | 7 |
| OAT BU | 173 |
| POT AC | 48 |
| POT BU | 4,917 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 57 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,071 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 137 |
Other recorded variables (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 15 |
| A 11 50 | 44 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 21 |
| BEN BU | 19 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,071 |
| CATTLE KS | 22 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 166 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 227 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 393 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 57 |
| DUCKS | 10 |
| FAMILIES | 110 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.60 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 578 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 3 |
| HOUSES | 101 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 29 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 101 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 51 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 10 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 3 |
| HOUSES W | 101 |
| INF 11 A | 21 |
| MD FEM | 105 |
| MD MALE | 105 |
| MD TOT | 210 |
| MILK COWS | 68 |
| NAME CD | Lunenburg |
| OC F | 5 |
| OC P | 98 |
| OC TOT | 103 |
| OTHER FOWL | 22 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 20 |
| OTHERS | 619 |
| SHEEP | 22 |
| SUP AM | 306 |
| SUP FOR | 5,754 |
| SUP JV | 31 |
| SUP PAT | 67 |
| SUP SC | 208 |
| SUP TOT | 6,060 |
| SWINE | 135 |
| SWINE KS | 68 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 101 |
| TUR AC | 15 |
| TUR BU | 629 |
| WID FEM | 4 |
| WID MALE | 12 |
| WID TOT | 16 |
| WORKING OX | 42 |
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/.