Polling District No. 27b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 27b was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,123. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.785°N, 63.041°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 27b had a population of 1,123: 586 male and 537 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 (58.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 27b 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 1,123 total population, 586 males, 537 females, 347 married persons, 198 families, 174 married females, 173 married males, 37 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 739 single persons under 18, 396 single males under 18, 343 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,123 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 189 houses, 189 houses built of wood, 189 occupied houses, 186 houses of 1 story, 90 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 50 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,901 acres of land in farms, 16,589 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,503 pounds of homemade butter, 4,300 bushels of potatoes, 1,570 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,441 chickens, 1,312 acres of improved land in farms, 660 acres of farmland under crops, 647 acres of farmland in pasture, 627 sheep, 512 tons of hay, 417 acres of hay crops, 314 bushels of turnips, 194 occupants of farms, 191 milk cows, 184 farm occupants who own their land, 175 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 150 other cattle, 92 oxen, 91 bushels of oats, 62 sheep slaughtered or sold, 60 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 50 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 48 acres of potatoes, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 bushels of beans, 34 horses aged over 3 years, 33 cattle killed or sold, 30 ducks, 23 swine, 21 geese, 19 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 12, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 bushels of peas, 8 swine slaughtered or sold, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 turkeys, 4 acres of oats, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034023— 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. 27b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-27b-ns034023-1891/.