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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia

Polling district No. 22, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Polling district No. 22 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,193. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.132°N, 62.938°W.

Population

In 1891, Polling district No. 22 had a population of 1,193: 616 male and 577 female residents. Population density was 12.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18911,193
1901846

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Polling district No. 22 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5
FAM NO236
Number of families236
Number of females577
Number of males616
Number of married females189
Number of married males194
Number of married persons383
Number of widowed females28
Number of widowed males20
Number of widowed persons48
POP F577
POP M616
POP TOT1,193
Total population1,193
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18360
Number of single males under 18402
Number of single persons under 18762
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of persons who are not French Canadian1,193
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties1
Number of houses235
Number of houses built of wood235
Number of houses of 1 room14
Number of houses of 1 story232
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms1
Number of houses of 2 rooms21
Number of houses of 2 stories3
Number of houses of 3 rooms39
Number of houses of 4 rooms43
Number of houses of 5 rooms27
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms90
Number of occupied houses236
Number of uninhabited houses18
Agriculture (61 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley72
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards5
Acres of farmland in pasture5,048
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest19,032
Acres of farmland under crops3,817
Acres of hay crops2,820
Acres of improved land in farms8,870
Acres of land in farms27,902
Acres of oats439
Acres of potatoes118
Acres of turnips14
Acres of wheat13
BAR AC72
BAR BU1,530
Bushels of barley produced in the past year1,530
Bushels of beans produced in the past year42
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year1,932
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year2
Bushels of oats produced in the past year8,488
Bushels of peas produced in the past year2
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year18,899
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year178
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year2,898
BWT BU1,932
HAY AC2,820
HAY TONS2,999
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year219
Number of chickens2,070
Number of ducks15
Number of farm occupants who own their land189
Number of farm occupants who rent their land16
Number of geese301
Number of horses aged 3 years and under49
Number of horses aged over 3 years203
Number of milk cows688
Number of occupants of farms205
Number of other cattle798
Number of other fowl39
Number of oxen160
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres70
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres14
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres72
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres31
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres18
Number of sheep1,701
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold983
Number of swine121
Number of swine slaughtered or sold286
Number of turkeys117
OAT AC439
OAT BU8,488
PEA BU2
POT AC118
POT BU18,899
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year90
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year770
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year5,017
Pounds of homemade butter33,815
Tons of hay produced in the past year2,999
WHT AC13
WHT SP BU178
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20070
A 11 5014
A 201 PL31
A 51 10072
BEN BU42
BUTTER LB33,815
CATTLE KS219
CHEESE LB90
CHILD AND UNMD FEM360
CHILD AND UNMD MALE402
CHILD AND UNMD TOT762
COARSE WOOL LB770
COLTS FILLIES49
DUCKS15
FAMILIES236
FAMILIES AV SIZE5
FINE WOOL LB5,017
FRN CA0
GEESE301
GRA BU2
HENS AND CHKN2,070
HORSES OVR THREE203
HOUSES235
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM1
HOUSES FIVE RM27
HOUSES FOUR RM43
HOUSES ONE RM14
HOUSES ONE STRY232
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM90
HOUSES THREE RM39
HOUSES TWO RM21
HOUSES TWO STRY3
HOUSES UNINH18
HOUSES W235
INF 11 A18
MD FEM189
MD MALE194
MD TOT383
MILK COWS688
NAME CDHalifax, County-Comté
OC F16
OC P189
OC TOT205
OTHER FOWL39
OTHER HRN CATTLE798
OTHERS1,193
SHEEP1,701
SHEEP KS983
SUP AM8,870
SUP FOR19,032
SUP JV5
SUP PAT5,048
SUP SC3,817
SUP TOT27,902
SWINE121
SWINE KS286
TOT DWLG OCC236
TUR AC14
TUR BU2,898
TURKEY117
VESS AND SHAN1
WID FEM28
WID MALE20
WID TOT48
WORKING OX160

Identifiers

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. 22, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-22-ns034016-1891/.