Pubnico W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Pubnico W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.646°N, 65.804°W.

Population

In 1891, Pubnico W-O had a population of 938: 472 male and 466 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 Pubnico, 1881 (9.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Pubnico W-O shared boundaries with:

• Pubnico Head

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 938 total population, 472 males, 466 females, 294 married persons, 147 married females, 147 married males, 141 families, 27 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 6.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 617 single persons under 18, 316 single males under 18, 301 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 923 French Canadians, 15 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 141 houses, 141 houses built of wood, 141 houses of 1 story, 141 occupied houses, 85 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,640 bushels of potatoes, 13,484 pounds of homemade butter, 5,249 acres of land in farms, 4,124 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,470 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,408 chickens, 1,125 acres of improved land in farms, 894 bushels of turnips, 725 acres of farmland under crops, 688 tons of hay, 651 sheep, 460 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 392 acres of farmland in pasture, 342 acres of hay crops, 165 milk cows, 141 occupants of farms, 137 farm occupants who own their land, 135 other cattle, 127 acres of potatoes, 99 oxen, 89 bushels of oats, 88 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 63 swine, 53 swine slaughtered or sold, 45 cattle killed or sold, 28 sheep slaughtered or sold, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 horses aged over 3 years, 15 bushels of peas, 13 acres of turnips, 13 ducks, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 bushels of barley, 5 bushels of corn, 4 acres of oats, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 bushels of beans, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS044018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS044018 — 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). "Pubnico W-O, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pubnico-w-o-ns044018-1891/.