New Tusket, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
New Tusket was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 563. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.245°N, 65.872°W.
Population
In 1891, New Tusket had a population of 563: 283 male and 280 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 419 |
| 1881 | 537 |
| 1891 | 563 |
| 1901 | 612 |
| 1911 | 621 |
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, New Tusket shared boundaries with:
- Carleton
- Cheticamp
- Church Point
- Grosses Coques
- Kemptville
- Meteghan
- Meteghan River
- NO DATA
- Salmon River
- St. Bernard
- Weymouth
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 563 total population, 283 males, 280 females, 190 married persons, 96 families, 95 married females, 95 married males, 12 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 5.60 average size of families, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 361 single persons under 18, 186 single males under 18, 175 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 314 persons who are not French Canadian, 249 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 94 occupied houses, 92 houses, 92 houses built of wood, 86 houses of 1 story, 34 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,531 acres of land in farms, 21,919 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,860 pounds of homemade butter, 8,539 bushels of potatoes, 4,523 bushels of turnips, 2,612 acres of improved land in farms, 1,341 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,170 acres of farmland under crops, 1,102 tons of hay, 1,029 acres of hay crops, 1,013 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 817 chickens, 735 bushels of oats, 300 sheep, 257 other cattle, 209 milk cows, 152 sheep slaughtered or sold, 114 oxen, 101 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 93 occupants of farms, 90 farm occupants who own their land, 80 swine slaughtered or sold, 61 acres of potatoes, 58 bushels of peas, 54 bushels of corn, 52 swine, 51 horses aged over 3 years, 44 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 acres of oats, 31 bushels of beans, 30 cattle killed or sold, 26 acres of turnips, 25 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 24 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 19 bushels of buckwheat, 15 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 bushels of barley, 14 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 geese, 7 ducks, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of barley, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS031013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS043013— 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). "New Tusket, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-tusket-ns031013-1891/.