Rawdon & Uniacke, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Rawdon & Uniacke was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 857. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.968°N, 63.765°W.
Population
In 1891, Rawdon & Uniacke had a population of 857: 459 male and 398 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 857 |
| 1901 | 645 |
| 1911 | 516 |
| 1921 | 508 |
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, Rawdon & Uniacke shared boundaries with:
- Brooklyn
- Nine Mile River
- NO DATA
- Polling District No. 17
- Polling District No. 18
- Rawdon Church
- St. Croix
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 857 total population, 459 males, 398 females, 258 married persons, 161 families, 129 married females, 129 married males, 25 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 574 single persons under 18, 320 single males under 18, 254 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 857 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 154 occupied houses, 153 houses, 153 houses built of wood, 147 houses of 1 story, 76 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,524 acres of land in farms, 34,920 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,078 pounds of homemade butter, 8,604 acres of improved land in farms, 7,548 bushels of potatoes, 4,814 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,233 bushels of oats, 3,721 acres of farmland under crops, 3,428 bushels of turnips, 2,155 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,705 acres of hay crops, 1,522 chickens, 1,358 tons of hay, 609 sheep, 387 sheep slaughtered or sold, 348 milk cows, 308 other cattle, 255 bushels of barley, 249 bushels of buckwheat, 209 acres of oats, 193 swine slaughtered or sold, 133 bushels of spring wheat, 133 geese, 130 horses aged over 3 years, 124 occupants of farms, 123 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 109 farm occupants who own their land, 102 cattle killed or sold, 98 turkeys, 78 swine, 71 acres of potatoes, 69 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 oxen, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 32 horses aged 3 years and under, 29 bushels of beans, 27 bushels of rye, 27 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 bushels of peas, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 ducks, 20 other fowl, 20 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 15 acres of turnips, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 acres of barley, 8 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS035019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012010_1891— 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). "Rawdon & Uniacke, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/rawdon-uniacke-ns035019-1891/.