Polling District No. 30, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 30 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.736°N, 63.434°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 30 had a population of 843: 442 male and 401 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 Preston, 1881 (68.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 30 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 843 total population, 442 males, 401 females, 234 married persons, 154 families, 117 married females, 117 married males, 43 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 566 single persons under 18, 314 single males under 18, 252 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 843 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 154 houses, 154 houses built of wood, 154 occupied houses, 147 houses of 1 story, 82 houses of 2 rooms, 51 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,580 acres of land in farms, 7,561 pounds of homemade butter, 5,161 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,104 bushels of potatoes, 3,419 acres of improved land in farms, 1,909 acres of farmland under crops, 1,626 bushels of turnips, 1,508 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,077 chickens, 497 tons of hay, 493 bushels of oats, 475 bushels of peas, 280 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 247 acres of hay crops, 228 bushels of beans, 207 other cattle, 183 bushels of corn, 153 occupants of farms, 147 farm occupants who own their land, 134 other fowl, 123 milk cows, 108 oxen, 76 horses aged over 3 years, 69 swine, 66 cattle killed or sold, 62 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 51 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 bushels of barley, 46 acres of potatoes, 45 swine slaughtered or sold, 26 acres of oats, 25 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 24 ducks, 20 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 18 sheep, 17 geese, 14 turkeys, 12 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 bushels of buckwheat, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034027— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034027— 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. 30, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-30-ns034027-1891/.