North Shore, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: North Shore (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

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 density was 10.0 people per square mile.

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 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.10
FAM NO	101
Number of families	101
Number of females	332
Number of males	289
Number of married females	81
Number of married males	81
Number of married persons	162
Number of widowed females	23
Number of widowed males	11
Number of widowed persons	34
POP F	332
POP M	289
POP TOT	621
Total population	621

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	228
Number of single males under 18	197
Number of single persons under 18	425

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	621

Buildings & housing (10 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	100
Number of houses built of wood	100
Number of houses of 1 story	100
Number of houses of 2 rooms	15
Number of houses of 3 rooms	5
Number of houses of 4 rooms	25
Number of houses of 5 rooms	24
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	31
Number of occupied houses	100
Number of uninhabited houses	4

Agriculture (51 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	12
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,846
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	10,823
Acres of farmland under crops	1,329
Acres of hay crops	580
Acres of improved land in farms	3,175
Acres of land in farms	13,998
Acres of oats	468
Acres of potatoes	80
Acres of turnips	1
Acres of wheat	5
BAR AC	12
BAR BU	150
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	150
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	5,530
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	7,711
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	61
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	30
HAY AC	580
HAY TONS	597
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	82
Number of chickens	864
Number of farm occupants who own their land	99
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	4
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	5
Number of horses aged over 3 years	69
Number of milk cows	294
Number of occupants of farms	100
Number of other cattle	185
Number of oxen	46
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	44
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	50
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep	805
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	358
Number of swine	62
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	48
Number of turkeys	1
OAT AC	468
OAT BU	5,530
POT AC	80
POT BU	7,711
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	796
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	1,596
Pounds of homemade butter	14,545
Tons of hay produced in the past year	597
WHT AC	5
WHT SP BU	61

Other recorded variables (55 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	44
A 11 50	1
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	50
BUTTER LB	14,545
CATTLE KS	82
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	228
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	197
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	425
COARSE WOOL LB	796
COLTS FILLIES	5
FAMILIES	101
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.10
FINE WOOL LB	1,596
FRN CA	0
GEESE	4
HENS AND CHKN	864
HORSES OVR THREE	69
HOUSES	100
HOUSES FIVE RM	24
HOUSES FOUR RM	25
HOUSES ONE STRY	100
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	31
HOUSES THREE RM	5
HOUSES TWO RM	15
HOUSES UNINH	4
HOUSES W	100
INF 11 A	3
MD FEM	81
MD MALE	81
MD TOT	162
MILK COWS	294
NAME CD	Victoria
OC F	1
OC P	99
OC TOT	100
OTHER HRN CATTLE	185
OTHERS	621
SHEEP	805
SHEEP KS	358
SUP AM	3,175
SUP FOR	10,823
SUP PAT	1,846
SUP SC	1,329
SUP TOT	13,998
SWINE	62
SWINE KS	48
TOT DWLG OCC	100
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	30
TURKEY	1
WID FEM	23
WID MALE	11
WID TOT	34
WORKING OX	46

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/.