Polling District No. 32b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 32b was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 498. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.667°N, 64.023°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 32b had a population of 498: 268 male and 230 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 Black Point, 1881 (37.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 32b 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 498 total population, 268 males, 230 females, 198 married persons, 106 families, 99 married females, 99 married males, 19 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 9 widowed females, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 281 single persons under 18, 159 single males under 18, 122 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 498 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 101 houses, 101 houses built of wood, 101 occupied houses, 96 houses of 1 story, 43 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,646 pounds of homemade butter, 4,515 bushels of potatoes, 3,161 acres of land in farms, 2,160 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,001 acres of improved land in farms, 879 acres of farmland under crops, 805 chickens, 349 bushels of turnips, 217 tons of hay, 194 bushels of barley, 173 acres of hay crops, 172 bushels of oats, 112 acres of farmland in pasture, 99 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 98 occupants of farms, 83 farm occupants who own their land, 78 milk cows, 69 swine slaughtered or sold, 65 cattle killed or sold, 57 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 swine, 45 other cattle, 45 oxen, 38 bushels of beans, 34 sheep, 28 horses aged over 3 years, 23 acres of potatoes, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 bushels of peas, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 other fowl, 12 sheep slaughtered or sold, 10 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 acres of oats, 8 ducks, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 6 acres of barley, 5 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of corn, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034030— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034030— 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. 32b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-32b-ns034030-1891/.