Polling district No. 38, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling district No. 38 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,852. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.471°N, 64.301°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling district No. 38 had a population of 1,852: 977 male and 875 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,852 |
| 1901 | 686 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling district No. 38 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,852 total population, 977 males, 875 females, 601 married persons, 363 families, 301 married females, 300 married males, 62 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,189 single persons under 18, 656 single males under 18, 533 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,852 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 335 occupied houses, 310 houses, 310 houses built of wood, 304 houses of 1 story, 148 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 99 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 25 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 58,193 acres of land in farms, 46,395 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 45,540 pounds of homemade butter, 45,287 bushels of potatoes, 11,798 acres of improved land in farms, 9,771 bushels of oats, 6,473 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,307 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,311 acres of farmland under crops, 3,817 bushels of turnips, 3,712 tons of hay, 3,419 acres of hay crops, 3,158 bushels of buckwheat, 2,739 chickens, 1,933 sheep, 1,017 other cattle, 881 sheep slaughtered or sold, 743 milk cows, 508 acres of oats, 478 bushels of barley, 448 geese, 355 cattle killed or sold, 322 acres of potatoes, 322 horses aged over 3 years, 297 occupants of farms, 295 swine slaughtered or sold, 277 farm occupants who own their land, 191 oxen, 158 swine, 88 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 84 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 80 horses aged 3 years and under, 61 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 61 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 58 bushels of spring wheat, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 acres of barley, 34 turkeys, 27 ducks, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 acres of turnips, 18 bushels of peas, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 11 bushels of rye, 6 other fowl, 5 bushels of beans, 4 acres of wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS030010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS030033— 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. 38, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-38-ns030010-1891/.