Polling District No. 27a, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 27a was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 766. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.770°N, 62.888°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 27a had a population of 766: 394 male and 372 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 Jeddore, 1881 (41.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 27a shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 66 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 766 total population, 394 males, 372 females, 243 married persons, 139 families, 122 married females, 121 married males, 22 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 501 single persons under 18, 261 single males under 18, 240 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 766 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 137 houses, 137 houses built of wood, 137 occupied houses, 136 houses of 1 story, 79 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,579 acres of land in farms, 20,696 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,874 pounds of homemade butter, 2,426 bushels of potatoes, 1,519 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 945 chickens, 883 acres of improved land in farms, 615 acres of farmland under crops, 548 sheep, 529 tons of hay, 336 bushels of turnips, 261 acres of hay crops, 248 acres of farmland in pasture, 196 other cattle, 157 milk cows, 135 farm occupants who own their land, 135 occupants of farms, 84 oxen, 74 bushels of oats, 46 cattle killed or sold, 41 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 sheep slaughtered or sold, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 29 geese, 28 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 horses aged over 3 years, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 ducks, 19 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 14 acres of potatoes, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 swine, 8 bushels of beans, 4 acres of oats, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 swine slaughtered or sold, 1 acres of turnips, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034022— 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. 27a, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-27a-ns034022-1891/.