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. Population density was 21.1 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 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 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 4.70 |
| FAM NO | 106 |
| Number of families | 106 |
| Number of females | 230 |
| Number of males | 268 |
| Number of married females | 99 |
| Number of married males | 99 |
| Number of married persons | 198 |
| Number of widowed females | 9 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 19 |
| POP F | 230 |
| POP M | 268 |
| POP TOT | 498 |
| Total population | 498 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 122 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 159 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 281 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 498 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 101 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 101 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 96 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 5 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 43 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 101 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 6 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 10 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 112 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,160 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 879 |
| Acres of hay crops | 173 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,001 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,161 |
| Acres of oats | 8 |
| Acres of potatoes | 23 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| BAR AC | 6 |
| BAR BU | 194 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 194 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 38 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 172 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,515 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 349 |
| CRN BU | 3 |
| HAY AC | 173 |
| HAY TONS | 217 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 65 |
| Number of chickens | 805 |
| Number of ducks | 8 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 83 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 14 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 28 |
| Number of milk cows | 78 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 98 |
| Number of other cattle | 45 |
| Number of other fowl | 12 |
| Number of oxen | 45 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 23 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 57 |
| Number of sheep | 34 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 12 |
| Number of swine | 47 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 69 |
| Number of turkeys | 1 |
| OAT AC | 8 |
| OAT BU | 172 |
| PEA BU | 14 |
| POT AC | 23 |
| POT BU | 4,515 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 5 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 99 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 5,646 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 217 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 8 |
| A 11 50 | 23 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 9 |
| BEN BU | 38 |
| BUTTER LB | 5,646 |
| CATTLE KS | 65 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 122 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 159 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 281 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 5 |
| DUCKS | 8 |
| FAMILIES | 106 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.70 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 99 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 805 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 28 |
| HOUSES | 101 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 5 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 15 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 96 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 43 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 15 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 10 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 5 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 5 |
| HOUSES W | 101 |
| INF 11 A | 57 |
| MD FEM | 99 |
| MD MALE | 99 |
| MD TOT | 198 |
| MILK COWS | 78 |
| NAME CD | Halifax, County-Comté |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 14 |
| OC P | 83 |
| OC TOT | 98 |
| OTHER FOWL | 12 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 45 |
| OTHERS | 498 |
| SHEEP | 34 |
| SHEEP KS | 12 |
| SUP AM | 1,001 |
| SUP FOR | 2,160 |
| SUP JV | 10 |
| SUP PAT | 112 |
| SUP SC | 879 |
| SUP TOT | 3,161 |
| SWINE | 47 |
| SWINE KS | 69 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 101 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 349 |
| TURKEY | 1 |
| WID FEM | 9 |
| WID MALE | 10 |
| WID TOT | 19 |
| WORKING OX | 45 |
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/.