Polling District No. 15, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Polling District No. 15 (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Polling District No. 15 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 525. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.697°N, 63.687°W.

Population

In 1891, Polling District No. 15 had a population of 525: 235 male and 290 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 Bedford, 1901 (4.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 15 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 525 total population, 290 females, 235 males, 158 married persons, 95 families, 79 married females, 79 married males, 32 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 335 single persons under 18, 187 single females under 18, 148 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 525 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 90 occupied houses, 87 houses, 87 houses built of wood, 62 houses of 1 story, 52 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 houses of 2 stories, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,623 acres of land in farms, 5,911 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,762 pounds of homemade butter, 1,580 bushels of potatoes, 829 chickens, 805 bushels of oats, 712 acres of improved land in farms, 427 acres of farmland under crops, 353 bushels of turnips, 273 tons of hay, 269 acres of farmland in pasture, 240 bushels of barley, 154 acres of hay crops, 85 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 83 milk cows, 74 turkeys, 61 occupants of farms, 49 geese, 45 horses aged over 3 years, 45 sheep slaughtered or sold, 41 other cattle, 38 farm occupants who own their land, 35 swine slaughtered or sold, 34 bushels of peas, 31 bushels of beans, 31 swine, 30 ducks, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 cattle killed or sold, 23 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 acres of oats, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 sheep, 14 acres of potatoes, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of barley, 3 oxen, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS034009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS034009 — 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. 15, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-15-ns034009-1891/.