Polling District No. 28a, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 28a was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.718°N, 63.298°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 28a had a population of 1,257: 644 male and 613 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 Chezettcook, 1881 (53.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 28a 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 1,257 total population, 644 males, 613 females, 428 married persons, 240 families, 215 married females, 213 married males, 66 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 31 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 763 single persons under 18, 400 single males under 18, 363 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 630 French Canadians, 627 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 239 houses, 239 houses built of wood, 239 occupied houses, 150 houses of 2 stories, 115 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 89 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,346 pounds of homemade butter, 7,238 acres of land in farms, 6,508 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,579 bushels of potatoes, 3,637 chickens, 889 bushels of turnips, 874 tons of hay, 730 acres of improved land in farms, 625 acres of farmland in pasture, 444 acres of hay crops, 359 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 342 bushels of oats, 262 occupants of farms, 261 farm occupants who own their land, 237 geese, 208 bushels of beans, 205 oxen, 162 sheep, 160 milk cows, 124 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 118 ducks, 118 other cattle, 112 cattle killed or sold, 106 bushels of peas, 105 bushels of barley, 99 acres of farmland under crops, 96 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 78 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 50 sheep slaughtered or sold, 47 swine slaughtered or sold, 45 horses aged over 3 years, 43 acres of potatoes, 29 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 28 swine, 13 acres of oats, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 acres of barley, 3 bushels of corn, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034024— 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. 28a, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-28a-ns034024-1891/.