River Inhabitants, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

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

River Inhabitants was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,145. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.755°N, 61.289°W.

Population

In 1891, River Inhabitants had a population of 1,145: 579 male and 566 female residents. Population density was 17.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	1,095
1881	1,077
1891	1,145
1901	970
1911	945
1921	807

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 Inhabitants shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.10
FAM NO	187
Number of families	187
Number of females	566
Number of males	579
Number of married females	150
Number of married males	149
Number of married persons	299
Number of widowed females	39
Number of widowed males	13
Number of widowed persons	52
POP F	566
POP M	579
POP TOT	1,145
Total population	1,145

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	377
Number of single males under 18	417
Number of single persons under 18	794

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,145

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	10
Number of houses	177
Number of houses built of wood	177
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	177
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	35
Number of houses of 3 rooms	35
Number of houses of 4 rooms	33
Number of houses of 5 rooms	18
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	54
Number of houses under construction	6
Number of occupied houses	187
Number of uninhabited houses	4

Agriculture (51 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	5
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,767
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	23,480
Acres of farmland under crops	3,773
Acres of hay crops	2,513
Acres of improved land in farms	6,541
Acres of land in farms	30,021
Acres of oats	497
Acres of potatoes	187
BAR AC	5
BAR BU	62
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	62
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	5
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	1
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	7,059
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	14,698
BWT BU	1
HAY AC	2,513
HAY TONS	2,644
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	339
Number of chickens	1,530
Number of ducks	2
Number of employees on farms	1
Number of farm occupants who own their land	167
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	66
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	68
Number of horses aged over 3 years	209
Number of milk cows	812
Number of occupants of farms	170
Number of other cattle	1,044
Number of oxen	4
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	74
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	49
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	36
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep	2,136
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	680
Number of swine	245
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	124
Number of turkeys	6
OAT AC	497
OAT BU	7,059
POT AC	187
POT BU	14,698
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	17,805
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	5,033
Pounds of homemade butter	34,370
Tons of hay produced in the past year	2,644

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	74
A 11 50	8
A 201 PL	36
A 51 100	49
BEN BU	5
BUTTER LB	34,370
CATTLE KS	339
CHEESE LB	17,805
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	377
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	417
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	794
COARSE WOOL LB	5,033
COLTS FILLIES	68
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	187
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.10
FRN CA	0
GEESE	66
HENS AND CHKN	1,530
HORSES OVR THREE	209
HOUSES	177
HOUSES CON	6
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	18
HOUSES FOUR RM	33
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	177
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	54
HOUSES THREE RM	35
HOUSES TWO RM	35
HOUSES UNINH	4
HOUSES W	177
INF 11 A	3
MD FEM	150
MD MALE	149
MD TOT	299
MILK COWS	812
NAME CD	Inverness
OC E	1
OC F	2
OC P	167
OC TOT	170
OTHER HRN CATTLE	1,044
OTHERS	1,145
SHEEP	2,136
SHEEP KS	680
SUP AM	6,541
SUP FOR	23,480
SUP JV	1
SUP PAT	2,767
SUP SC	3,773
SUP TOT	30,021
SWINE	245
SWINE KS	124
TOT DWLG OCC	187
TURKEY	6
VESS AND SHAN	10
WID FEM	39
WID MALE	13
WID TOT	52
WORKING OX	4

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS036018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS013018 — 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 Inhabitants, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/river-inhabitants-ns036018-1891/.