Polling District No. 11, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 11 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 783. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.634°N, 63.828°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 11 had a population of 783: 407 male and 376 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in French Village, 1881 (43.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 11 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 783 total population, 407 males, 376 females, 259 married persons, 136 families, 130 married males, 129 married females, 30 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 494 single persons under 18, 268 single males under 18, 226 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 782 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 136 houses, 136 houses built of wood, 136 occupied houses, 133 houses of 1 story, 80 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,975 pounds of homemade butter, 6,141 acres of land in farms, 5,481 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,893 bushels of potatoes, 1,324 bushels of turnips, 1,027 chickens, 660 acres of improved land in farms, 532 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 384 tons of hay, 356 acres of farmland under crops, 323 bushels of barley, 275 acres of hay crops, 237 acres of farmland in pasture, 217 sheep, 150 bushels of oats, 134 occupants of farms, 125 milk cows, 119 farm occupants who own their land, 99 swine slaughtered or sold, 85 other cattle, 73 oxen, 73 sheep slaughtered or sold, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 bushels of beans, 56 swine, 54 cattle killed or sold, 54 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 43 acres of potatoes, 39 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 35 ducks, 27 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 22 horses aged over 3 years, 17 acres of barley, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of winter wheat, 11 other fowl, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 bushels of peas, 5 acres of oats, 5 turkeys, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 geese, 1 acres of wheat, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034005— 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). "Polling District No. 11, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-11-ns034005-1891/.