Parrsboro, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Parrsboro, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,909. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q499355. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.399°N, 64.330°W.

Population

In 1891, Parrsboro, T-V had a population of 1,909: 968 male and 941 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Mills, Village, 1881 (3.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Parrsboro, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Parrsboro’

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 1,909 total population, 968 males, 941 females, 649 married persons, 368 families, 325 married males, 324 married females, 80 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,180 single persons under 18, 618 single males under 18, 562 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,902 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 337 occupied houses, 335 houses, 335 houses built of wood, 253 houses of 1 story, 234 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 74 houses of 2 stories, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses under construction, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of 3 stories, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,175 bushels of potatoes, 13,630 pounds of homemade butter, 4,384 acres of land in farms, 2,755 acres of improved land in farms, 2,026 bushels of oats, 1,734 chickens, 1,629 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,464 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,268 acres of farmland under crops, 1,072 bushels of turnips, 543 acres of hay crops, 527 tons of hay, 287 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 224 milk cows, 205 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 198 bushels of beans, 188 bushels of barley, 176 horses aged over 3 years, 149 bushels of buckwheat, 139 occupants of farms, 127 farm occupants who own their land, 117 sheep, 110 other cattle, 97 acres of potatoes, 90 swine slaughtered or sold, 85 acres of oats, 77 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 54 sheep slaughtered or sold, 50 geese, 49 swine, 46 bushels of peas, 46 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 cattle killed or sold, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 oxen, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 ducks, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 6 acres of barley, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 turkeys, 2 bushels of corn, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS030009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS008033 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q499355
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrsboro
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrsboro

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). "Parrsboro, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/parrsboro-t-v-ns030009-1891/.