Polling District No. 12, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Polling District No. 12 (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Polling District No. 12 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.696°N, 63.819°W.

Population

In 1891, Polling District No. 12 had a population of 734: 370 male and 364 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 (56.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 12 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 734 total population, 370 males, 364 females, 249 married persons, 127 married females, 125 families, 122 married males, 20 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 465 single persons under 18, 242 single males under 18, 223 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 734 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 120 houses, 120 houses built of wood, 120 occupied houses, 111 houses of 1 story, 61 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,937 pounds of homemade butter, 8,127 acres of land in farms, 6,566 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,319 bushels of potatoes, 1,561 acres of improved land in farms, 1,062 bushels of turnips, 1,014 chickens, 824 acres of farmland under crops, 697 acres of farmland in pasture, 493 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 448 tons of hay, 412 bushels of barley, 289 acres of hay crops, 240 bushels of oats, 171 sheep, 132 milk cows, 128 occupants of farms, 124 other cattle, 120 farm occupants who own their land, 103 swine, 95 oxen, 92 swine slaughtered or sold, 77 cattle killed or sold, 54 acres of potatoes, 48 ducks, 48 sheep slaughtered or sold, 44 other fowl, 43 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 bushels of beans, 40 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 turkeys, 28 geese, 28 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 acres of barley, 18 horses aged over 3 years, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of oats, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 acres of turnips, 7 bushels of peas, 7 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS034006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS034006 — 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. 12, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-12-ns034006-1891/.