Polling district No. 25, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Polling district No. 25 (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Polling district No. 25 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,487. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.925°N, 62.523°W.

Population

In 1891, Polling district No. 25 had a population of 1,487: 746 male and 741 female residents. Population density was 20.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	1,487
1901	1,129

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. 25 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.80
FAM NO	256
Number of families	256
Number of females	741
Number of males	746
Number of married females	241
Number of married males	244
Number of married persons	485
Number of widowed females	36
Number of widowed males	12
Number of widowed persons	48
POP F	741
POP M	746
POP TOT	1,487
Total population	1,487

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	464
Number of single males under 18	490
Number of single persons under 18	954

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,487

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	2
Number of houses	238
Number of houses built of wood	238
Number of houses of 1 story	236
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	6
Number of houses of 2 rooms	15
Number of houses of 2 stories	2
Number of houses of 3 rooms	41
Number of houses of 4 rooms	45
Number of houses of 5 rooms	26
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	102
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	3
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	240
Number of uninhabited houses	1

Agriculture (50 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	24
Acres of farmland in pasture	396
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	44,166
Acres of farmland under crops	913
Acres of hay crops	441
Acres of improved land in farms	1,333
Acres of land in farms	45,499
Acres of oats	14
Acres of potatoes	59
Acres of turnips	1
BAR BU	6
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	6
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	10
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	224
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,654
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	67
CRN BU	10
HAY AC	441
HAY TONS	555
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	100
Number of chickens	2,435
Number of ducks	133
Number of farm occupants who own their land	208
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	50
Number of geese	146
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	5
Number of horses aged over 3 years	102
Number of milk cows	231
Number of occupants of farms	258
Number of other cattle	112
Number of other fowl	12
Number of oxen	45
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	11
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	40
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	31
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	21
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	155
Number of sheep	529
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	104
Number of swine	68
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	59
OAT AC	14
OAT BU	224
POT AC	59
POT BU	4,654
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	110
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	824
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	594
Pounds of homemade butter	12,940
Tons of hay produced in the past year	555

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	11
A 11 50	40
A 201 PL	21
A 51 100	31
BUTTER LB	12,940
CATTLE KS	100
CHEESE LB	110
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	464
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	490
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	954
COARSE WOOL LB	824
COLTS FILLIES	5
DUCKS	133
FAMILIES	256
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.80
FINE WOOL LB	594
FRN CA	0
GEESE	146
HENS AND CHKN	2,435
HORSES OVR THREE	102
HOUSES	238
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	6
HOUSES FIVE RM	26
HOUSES FOUR RM	45
HOUSES ONE STRY	236
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	102
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	3
HOUSES THREE RM	41
HOUSES TWO RM	15
HOUSES TWO STRY	2
HOUSES UNINH	1
HOUSES W	238
INF 11 A	155
MD FEM	241
MD MALE	244
MD TOT	485
MILK COWS	231
NAME CD	Halifax, County-Comté
OC F	50
OC P	208
OC TOT	258
OTHER FOWL	12
OTHER HRN CATTLE	112
OTHERS	1,487
SHEEP	529
SHEEP KS	104
SUP AM	1,333
SUP FOR	44,166
SUP JV	24
SUP PAT	396
SUP SC	913
SUP TOT	45,499
SWINE	68
SWINE KS	59
TOT DWLG OCC	240
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	67
VESS AND SHAN	2
WID FEM	36
WID MALE	12
WID TOT	48
WORKING OX	45

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS034019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS030023 — 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. 25, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-25-ns034019-1891/.