Polling District No. 7, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 7 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 715. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.586°N, 63.582°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 7 had a population of 715: 381 male and 334 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Herring Cove, 1901 (35.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ferguson Cove, 1901 (64.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 7 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 715 total population, 381 males, 334 females, 210 married persons, 129 families, 105 married females, 105 married males, 28 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 477 single persons under 18, 265 single males under 18, 212 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 715 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 129 houses, 129 houses built of wood, 129 occupied houses, 125 houses of 1 story, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 30 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,490 pounds of homemade butter, 1,218 acres of land in farms, 951 chickens, 891 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 327 acres of improved land in farms, 289 bushels of potatoes, 205 acres of farmland in pasture, 191 tons of hay, 130 acres of hay crops, 122 acres of farmland under crops, 111 milk cows, 82 geese, 69 farm occupants who own their land, 69 occupants of farms, 53 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 ducks, 28 horses aged over 3 years, 26 other fowl, 18 other cattle, 12 bushels of oats, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 swine slaughtered or sold, 8 acres of potatoes, 8 turkeys, 6 cattle killed or sold, 6 oxen, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 swine. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034001— 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. 7, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-7-ns034001-1891/.