Pictou Island & Fisher's Grant, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Pictou Island & Fisher's Grant was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 577. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.697°N, 62.610°W.
Population
In 1891, Pictou Island & Fisher's Grant had a population of 577: 276 male and 301 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Fisher Grant, 1901 (75.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Pictou Island, 1901 (24.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Pictou Island & Fisher's Grant shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 577 total population, 301 females, 276 males, 181 married persons, 114 families, 92 married females, 89 married males, 29 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 367 single persons under 18, 187 single females under 18, 180 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 577 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 114 houses, 114 occupied houses, 112 houses built of wood, 112 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 13 houses of 1 room, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,744 pounds of homemade butter, 9,354 bushels of potatoes, 5,520 bushels of oats, 5,387 acres of land in farms, 4,805 bushels of turnips, 2,841 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,546 acres of improved land in farms, 1,820 acres of farmland under crops, 1,638 chickens, 1,475 bushels of spring wheat, 1,419 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 699 acres of farmland in pasture, 672 tons of hay, 618 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 497 sheep, 451 acres of hay crops, 371 bushels of barley, 340 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 297 acres of oats, 256 sheep slaughtered or sold, 239 milk cows, 199 other cattle, 115 acres of wheat, 91 cattle killed or sold, 84 horses aged over 3 years, 79 occupants of farms, 75 farm occupants who own their land, 73 acres of potatoes, 70 swine slaughtered or sold, 63 ducks, 43 swine, 42 bushels of corn, 29 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 acres of barley, 25 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 acres of turnips, 15 geese, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 turkeys, 10 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 bushels of peas, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 bushels of beans, 2 oxen, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS039022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS039022— 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). "Pictou Island & Fisher's Grant, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pictou-island-fisher-s-grant-ns039022-1891/.