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. Population density was 24.9 people per square mile.
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 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.10 |
| FAM NO | 114 |
| Number of families | 114 |
| Number of females | 301 |
| Number of males | 276 |
| Number of married females | 92 |
| Number of married males | 89 |
| Number of married persons | 181 |
| Number of widowed females | 22 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 29 |
| POP F | 301 |
| POP M | 276 |
| POP TOT | 577 |
| Total population | 577 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 187 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 180 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 367 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 577 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 114 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 2 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 112 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 13 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 112 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 62 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of occupied houses | 114 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 25 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 27 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 699 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,841 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,820 |
| Acres of hay crops | 451 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,546 |
| Acres of land in farms | 5,387 |
| Acres of oats | 297 |
| Acres of potatoes | 73 |
| Acres of turnips | 22 |
| Acres of wheat | 115 |
| BAR AC | 25 |
| BAR BU | 371 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 371 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 42 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,520 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,354 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,475 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,805 |
| BWT BU | 6 |
| CRN BU | 42 |
| HAY AC | 451 |
| HAY TONS | 672 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 91 |
| Number of chickens | 1,638 |
| Number of ducks | 63 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 75 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 4 |
| Number of geese | 15 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 24 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 84 |
| Number of milk cows | 239 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 79 |
| Number of other cattle | 199 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 25 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 29 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 14 |
| Number of sheep | 497 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 256 |
| Number of swine | 43 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 70 |
| Number of turkeys | 12 |
| OAT AC | 297 |
| OAT BU | 5,520 |
| PEA BU | 7 |
| POT AC | 73 |
| POT BU | 9,354 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 340 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 618 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,419 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 14,744 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 672 |
| WHT AC | 115 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,475 |
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 10 |
| A 11 50 | 25 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 29 |
| BEN BU | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 14,744 |
| CATTLE KS | 91 |
| CHEESE LB | 340 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 187 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 180 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 367 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 618 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 24 |
| DUCKS | 63 |
| FAMILIES | 114 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,419 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 15 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,638 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 84 |
| HOUSES | 114 |
| HOUSES CON | 5 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 13 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 13 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 13 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 112 |
| HOUSES S | 2 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 62 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 9 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 10 |
| HOUSES W | 112 |
| INF 11 A | 14 |
| MD FEM | 92 |
| MD MALE | 89 |
| MD TOT | 181 |
| MILK COWS | 239 |
| NAME CD | Pictou |
| OC F | 4 |
| OC P | 75 |
| OC TOT | 79 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 199 |
| OTHERS | 577 |
| SHEEP | 497 |
| SHEEP KS | 256 |
| SUP AM | 2,546 |
| SUP FOR | 2,841 |
| SUP JV | 27 |
| SUP PAT | 699 |
| SUP SC | 1,820 |
| SUP TOT | 5,387 |
| SWINE | 43 |
| SWINE KS | 70 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 114 |
| TUR AC | 22 |
| TUR BU | 4,805 |
| TURKEY | 12 |
| WID FEM | 22 |
| WID MALE | 7 |
| WID TOT | 29 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
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/.