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. Population density was 26.5 people per square mile.
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 127 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 56 |
| Number of families | 56 |
| Number of females | 148 |
| Number of males | 146 |
| Number of married females | 40 |
| Number of married males | 39 |
| Number of married persons | 79 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 17 |
| POP F | 148 |
| POP M | 146 |
| POP TOT | 294 |
| Total population | 294 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 98 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 100 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 198 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 294 |
Buildings & housing (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 52 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 52 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 52 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 39 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 52 |
Agriculture (46 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 453 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,261 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 501 |
| Acres of hay crops | 315 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 955 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,216 |
| Acres of oats | 13 |
| Acres of potatoes | 14 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| BAR AC | 3 |
| BAR BU | 97 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 97 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 396 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,886 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 180 |
| HAY AC | 315 |
| HAY TONS | 512 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 45 |
| Number of chickens | 1,658 |
| Number of ducks | 87 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 56 |
| Number of geese | 98 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 9 |
| Number of milk cows | 68 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 56 |
| Number of other cattle | 146 |
| Number of oxen | 119 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 42 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 6 |
| Number of sheep | 436 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 113 |
| Number of swine | 20 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 40 |
| OAT AC | 13 |
| OAT BU | 396 |
| POT AC | 14 |
| POT BU | 1,886 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,152 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,388 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 512 |
Other recorded variables (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 3 |
| A 11 50 | 42 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 4 |
| BEN BU | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,388 |
| CATTLE KS | 45 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 98 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 100 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 198 |
| DUCKS | 87 |
| FAMILIES | 56 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,152 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 98 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,658 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 9 |
| HOUSES | 52 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 52 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 39 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES W | 52 |
| INF 11 A | 6 |
| MD FEM | 40 |
| MD MALE | 39 |
| MD TOT | 79 |
| MILK COWS | 68 |
| NAME CD | Halifax, County-Comté |
| OC P | 56 |
| OC TOT | 56 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 146 |
| OTHERS | 294 |
| SHEEP | 436 |
| SHEEP KS | 113 |
| SUP AM | 955 |
| SUP FOR | 1,261 |
| SUP JV | 1 |
| SUP PAT | 453 |
| SUP SC | 501 |
| SUP TOT | 2,216 |
| SWINE | 20 |
| SWINE KS | 40 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 52 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 180 |
| WID FEM | 10 |
| WID MALE | 7 |
| WID TOT | 17 |
| WORKING OX | 119 |
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/.