Polling District No. 37, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 37 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 44.816°N, 63.176°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 37 had a population of 843: 435 male and 408 female residents. Population density was 12.9 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 Musquodoboit Harbor, 1881 (64.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 37 shared boundaries with:
- NO DATA
- Polling district No. 20
- Polling district No. 21
- Polling District No. 27b
- Polling District No. 36
- Polling District No. 39
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 162 |
| Number of families | 162 |
| Number of females | 408 |
| Number of males | 435 |
| Number of married females | 139 |
| Number of married males | 138 |
| Number of married persons | 277 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 30 |
| POP F | 408 |
| POP M | 435 |
| POP TOT | 843 |
| Total population | 843 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 251 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 285 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 536 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 843 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 139 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 139 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 136 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 78 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 140 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 14 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 39 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,354 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 14,945 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,095 |
| Acres of hay crops | 731 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,488 |
| Acres of land in farms | 18,433 |
| Acres of oats | 8 |
| Acres of potatoes | 64 |
| Acres of turnips | 14 |
| BAR AC | 14 |
| BAR BU | 261 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 261 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 34 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 74 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 162 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,388 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,099 |
| BWT BU | 74 |
| HAY AC | 731 |
| HAY TONS | 1,047 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 41 |
| Number of chickens | 1,239 |
| Number of ducks | 14 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 139 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 12 |
| Number of geese | 44 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 8 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 49 |
| Number of milk cows | 215 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 151 |
| Number of other cattle | 237 |
| Number of other fowl | 24 |
| Number of oxen | 136 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 32 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 30 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 27 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 40 |
| Number of sheep | 676 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 143 |
| Number of swine | 49 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 54 |
| OAT AC | 8 |
| OAT BU | 162 |
| PEA BU | 15 |
| POT AC | 64 |
| POT BU | 6,388 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 49 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,864 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 10,711 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,047 |
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 32 |
| A 11 50 | 30 |
| A 201 PL | 22 |
| A 51 100 | 27 |
| BEN BU | 34 |
| BUTTER LB | 10,711 |
| CATTLE KS | 41 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 251 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 285 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 536 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 49 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 8 |
| DUCKS | 14 |
| FAMILIES | 162 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,864 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 44 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,239 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 49 |
| HOUSES | 139 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 2 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 24 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 24 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 136 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 78 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 9 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 7 |
| HOUSES W | 139 |
| INF 11 A | 40 |
| MD FEM | 139 |
| MD MALE | 138 |
| MD TOT | 277 |
| MILK COWS | 215 |
| NAME CD | Halifax, County-Comté |
| OC F | 12 |
| OC P | 139 |
| OC TOT | 151 |
| OTHER FOWL | 24 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 237 |
| OTHERS | 843 |
| SHEEP | 676 |
| SHEEP KS | 143 |
| SUP AM | 3,488 |
| SUP FOR | 14,945 |
| SUP JV | 39 |
| SUP PAT | 1,354 |
| SUP SC | 2,095 |
| SUP TOT | 18,433 |
| SWINE | 49 |
| SWINE KS | 54 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 140 |
| TUR AC | 14 |
| TUR BU | 1,099 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 18 |
| WID MALE | 12 |
| WID TOT | 30 |
| WORKING OX | 136 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034035— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034035— 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. 37, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-37-ns034035-1891/.