Polling district No. 31, Nova Scotia (1901 census)
Polling district No. 31 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,088. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.702°N, 64.434°W.
Population
In 1901, Polling district No. 31 had a population of 1,088: 584 male and 504 female residents. Population density was 237.5 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 River Hebert, 1891 (2.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Polling district No. 31 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 187 |
| Number of females | 504 |
| Number of males | 584 |
| Number of married females | 180 |
| Number of married males | 178 |
| Number of single females | 303 |
| Number of single males | 396 |
| Number of widowed females | 21 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| POP F | 504 |
| POP M | 584 |
| POP TOT | 1,088 |
| Total population | 1,088 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 187 |
Other recorded variables (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAMILIES | 187 |
| HOUSES | 187 |
| MARRIED F | 180 |
| MARRIED M | 178 |
| SINGLE F | 303 |
| SINGLE M | 396 |
| WIDOWED F | 21 |
| WIDOWED M | 10 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS030027— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS030027— 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 1901 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. 31, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-31-ns030027-1901/.