Noel, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Noel was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.256°N, 63.763°W.

Population

In 1891, Noel had a population of 1,200: 634 male and 566 female residents.

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, Noel shared boundaries with:

• Gore
• Selmah
• Walton

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 1,200 total population, 634 males, 566 females, 367 married persons, 208 families, 185 married males, 182 married females, 38 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 795 single persons under 18, 439 single males under 18, 356 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,200 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 204 occupied houses, 203 houses, 203 houses built of wood, 198 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,915 pounds of homemade butter, 26,620 acres of land in farms, 19,047 bushels of potatoes, 19,016 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,604 acres of improved land in farms, 6,128 bushels of oats, 4,680 bushels of turnips, 4,118 acres of farmland under crops, 3,924 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,391 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,861 tons of hay, 2,472 acres of hay crops, 2,471 chickens, 1,333 bushels of barley, 1,105 sheep, 691 other cattle, 629 sheep slaughtered or sold, 617 bushels of buckwheat, 513 milk cows, 397 swine slaughtered or sold, 317 geese, 296 acres of oats, 204 occupants of farms, 186 farm occupants who own their land, 185 horses aged over 3 years, 160 cattle killed or sold, 148 bushels of spring wheat, 142 oxen, 124 acres of potatoes, 113 ducks, 106 swine, 103 bushels of beans, 95 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 88 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 80 turkeys, 68 acres of barley, 56 horses aged 3 years and under, 56 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 51 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 37 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 bushels of peas, 20 bushels of rye, 19 acres of turnips, 18 acres of wheat, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS035013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS012008 — 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). "Noel, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/noel-ns035013-1891/.