Polling District No. 28b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 28b was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 294. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.670°N, 63.278°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 28b had a population of 294: 146 male and 148 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 (46.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 28b shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 294 total population, 148 females, 146 males, 79 married persons, 56 families, 40 married females, 39 married males, 17 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 198 single persons under 18, 100 single males under 18, 98 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 294 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 52 houses, 52 houses built of wood, 52 houses of 1 story, 52 occupied houses, 39 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,388 pounds of homemade butter, 2,216 acres of land in farms, 1,886 bushels of potatoes, 1,658 chickens, 1,261 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,152 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 955 acres of improved land in farms, 512 tons of hay, 501 acres of farmland under crops, 453 acres of farmland in pasture, 436 sheep, 396 bushels of oats, 315 acres of hay crops, 180 bushels of turnips, 146 other cattle, 119 oxen, 113 sheep slaughtered or sold, 98 geese, 97 bushels of barley, 87 ducks, 68 milk cows, 56 farm occupants who own their land, 56 occupants of farms, 45 cattle killed or sold, 42 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 swine slaughtered or sold, 20 swine, 14 acres of potatoes, 13 acres of oats, 9 horses aged over 3 years, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 acres of barley, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034025— 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. 28b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-28b-ns034025-1891/.