Pomquet River, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Pomquet River was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,077. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3396115. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.561°N, 61.851°W.
Population
In 1891, Pomquet River had a population of 1,077: 505 male and 572 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 St. Andrews, 1901 (71.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Pomquet, 1901 (28.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Pomquet River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,077 total population, 572 females, 505 males, 278 married persons, 198 families, 139 married females, 139 married males, 70 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 729 single persons under 18, 382 single females under 18, 347 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,053 persons who are not French Canadian, 24 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 197 houses, 197 houses built of wood, 197 houses of 1 story, 197 occupied houses, 107 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 39,071 pounds of homemade butter, 31,769 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 29,450 acres of land in farms, 24,172 bushels of potatoes, 15,216 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,234 acres of improved land in farms, 13,132 bushels of oats, 9,381 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,353 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,822 acres of farmland under crops, 3,528 sheep, 3,488 tons of hay, 3,240 acres of hay crops, 2,970 chickens, 1,796 other cattle, 1,658 bushels of spring wheat, 1,252 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,057 milk cows, 986 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 948 bushels of turnips, 860 acres of oats, 711 bushels of buckwheat, 654 cattle killed or sold, 495 bushels of barley, 422 swine, 275 swine slaughtered or sold, 217 geese, 212 horses aged over 3 years, 202 occupants of farms, 189 farm occupants who own their land, 180 bushels of corn, 166 acres of potatoes, 146 acres of wheat, 101 horses aged 3 years and under, 74 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 71 bushels of beans, 67 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 59 oxen, 53 bushels of peas, 38 ducks, 34 other fowl, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 32 acres of barley, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 8 turkeys, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS027013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS027013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3396115
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomquet
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomquet
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). "Pomquet River, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pomquet-river-ns027013-1891/.