Polling District No. 36, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 36 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 966. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.734°N, 63.202°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 36 had a population of 966: 519 male and 447 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 Musquodoboit Harbor, 1881 (20.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 36 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 966 total population, 519 males, 447 females, 304 married persons, 175 families, 152 married females, 152 married males, 26 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 12 widowed females, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 636 single persons under 18, 353 single males under 18, 283 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 966 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 175 houses, 175 houses built of wood, 175 occupied houses, 173 houses of 1 story, 66 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 2 stories, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,000 acres of land in farms, 8,028 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,623 bushels of potatoes, 5,721 pounds of homemade butter, 4,972 acres of improved land in farms, 3,829 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,648 chickens, 1,240 bushels of turnips, 1,191 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,131 acres of farmland under crops, 841 tons of hay, 802 bushels of oats, 781 sheep, 609 acres of hay crops, 292 sheep slaughtered or sold, 241 bushels of barley, 225 oxen, 185 other cattle, 168 occupants of farms, 164 milk cows, 163 farm occupants who own their land, 103 swine slaughtered or sold, 101 cattle killed or sold, 95 swine, 60 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 43 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 41 bushels of beans, 40 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 39 acres of potatoes, 33 geese, 32 bushels of peas, 28 acres of oats, 27 horses aged over 3 years, 20 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 11 acres of barley, 7 ducks, 6 acres of turnips, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034034— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034034— 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. 36, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-36-ns034034-1891/.