Polling District No. 26a, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 26a was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 788. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.850°N, 62.625°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 26a had a population of 788: 414 male and 374 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 Pope's Harbor, 1881 (54.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 26a shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 788 total population, 414 males, 374 females, 233 married persons, 131 families, 117 married females, 116 married males, 33 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 522 single persons under 18, 289 single males under 18, 233 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 788 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 121 houses, 121 houses built of wood, 121 occupied houses, 91 houses of 1 story, 80 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 30 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,830 acres of land in farms, 14,065 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,175 pounds of homemade butter, 2,349 bushels of potatoes, 1,819 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,001 chickens, 765 acres of improved land in farms, 716 sheep, 582 tons of hay, 471 acres of farmland under crops, 421 bushels of turnips, 395 acres of hay crops, 289 acres of farmland in pasture, 201 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 152 other cattle, 142 milk cows, 122 bushels of oats, 116 occupants of farms, 109 farm occupants who own their land, 95 geese, 69 sheep slaughtered or sold, 63 bushels of beans, 50 ducks, 45 oxen, 44 cattle killed or sold, 39 horses aged over 3 years, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 30 swine slaughtered or sold, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 acres of potatoes, 19 swine, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 acres of oats, 4 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of peas, 2 turkeys, 1 employees on farms, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034020— 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. 26a, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-26a-ns034020-1891/.