River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: River Bourgeois (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

River Bourgeois was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,120. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.654°N, 60.970°W.

Population

In 1891, River Bourgeois had a population of 1,120: 570 male and 550 female residents. Population density was 39.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	964
1881	1,100
1891	1,120
1901	1,129
1911	1,119
1921	1,073

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, River Bourgeois shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.60
FAM NO	225
Number of families	225
Number of females	550
Number of males	570
Number of married females	215
Number of married males	214
Number of married persons	429
Number of widowed females	42
Number of widowed males	11
Number of widowed persons	53
POP F	550
POP M	570
POP TOT	1,120
Total population	1,120

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	293
Number of single males under 18	345
Number of single persons under 18	638

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	700
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	420

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	224
Number of houses built of wood	224
Number of houses of 1 room	6
Number of houses of 1 story	222
Number of houses of 2 rooms	99
Number of houses of 2 stories	2
Number of houses of 3 rooms	71
Number of houses of 4 rooms	33
Number of houses of 5 rooms	7
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	8
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	225
Number of uninhabited houses	6

Agriculture (43 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,092
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	9,004
Acres of farmland under crops	1,813
Acres of hay crops	1,268
Acres of improved land in farms	3,906
Acres of land in farms	12,910
Acres of oats	37
Acres of potatoes	134
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	516
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	8,271
HAY AC	1,268
HAY TONS	1,188
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	123
Number of chickens	1,765
Number of ducks	7
Number of farm occupants who own their land	226
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	5
Number of geese	23
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	29
Number of horses aged over 3 years	94
Number of milk cows	370
Number of occupants of farms	231
Number of other cattle	284
Number of oxen	40
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	18
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	57
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	45
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	106
Number of sheep	1,263
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	430
Number of swine	25
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	51
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	37
OAT BU	516
POT AC	134
POT BU	8,271
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	2,574
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	560
Pounds of homemade butter	17,830
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,188

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	18
A 11 50	57
A 201 PL	5
A 51 100	45
BUTTER LB	17,830
CATTLE KS	123
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	293
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	345
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	638
COARSE WOOL LB	2,574
COLTS FILLIES	29
DUCKS	7
FAMILIES	225
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5
FINE WOOL LB	560
FRN CA	700
GEESE	23
HENS AND CHKN	1,765
HORSES OVR THREE	94
HOUSES	224
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES FIVE RM	7
HOUSES FOUR RM	33
HOUSES ONE RM	6
HOUSES ONE STRY	222
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	8
HOUSES THREE RM	71
HOUSES TWO RM	99
HOUSES TWO STRY	2
HOUSES UNINH	6
HOUSES W	224
INF 11 A	106
MD FEM	215
MD MALE	214
MD TOT	429
MILK COWS	370
NAME CD	Richmond
OC F	5
OC P	226
OC TOT	231
OTHER HRN CATTLE	284
OTHERS	420
SHEEP	1,263
SHEEP KS	430
SUP AM	3,906
SUP FOR	9,004
SUP JV	1
SUP PAT	2,092
SUP SC	1,813
SUP TOT	12,910
SWINE	25
SWINE KS	51
TOT DWLG OCC	225
TURKEY	2
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	42
WID MALE	11
WID TOT	53
WORKING OX	40

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS041011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS018014 — 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). "River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/river-bourgeois-ns041011-1891/.