North Shore, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
North Shore was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 621. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.493°N, 60.471°W.
Population
In 1891, North Shore had a population of 621: 289 male and 332 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 697 |
| 1891 | 621 |
| 1901 | 615 |
| 1911 | 556 |
| 1921 | 495 |
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, North Shore shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 66 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 621 total population, 332 females, 289 males, 162 married persons, 101 families, 81 married females, 81 married males, 34 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 425 single persons under 18, 228 single females under 18, 197 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 621 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 100 houses, 100 houses built of wood, 100 houses of 1 story, 100 occupied houses, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,545 pounds of homemade butter, 13,998 acres of land in farms, 10,823 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,711 bushels of potatoes, 5,530 bushels of oats, 3,175 acres of improved land in farms, 1,846 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,596 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,329 acres of farmland under crops, 864 chickens, 805 sheep, 796 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 597 tons of hay, 580 acres of hay crops, 468 acres of oats, 358 sheep slaughtered or sold, 294 milk cows, 185 other cattle, 150 bushels of barley, 100 occupants of farms, 99 farm occupants who own their land, 82 cattle killed or sold, 80 acres of potatoes, 69 horses aged over 3 years, 62 swine, 61 bushels of spring wheat, 50 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 48 swine slaughtered or sold, 46 oxen, 44 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of turnips, 12 acres of barley, 5 acres of wheat, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 geese, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS043014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020017_1881— 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). "North Shore, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/north-shore-ns043014-1891/.