Year: 1891
| Province: Nova Scotia
Sable Island, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Sable Island was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 58. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.952°N, 59.945°W.
Population
In 1891, Sable Island had a population of 58. Population density was 4.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 became part of NO DATA, 1901 (1.6% share).
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 11 |
| Number of families | 11 |
| Number of females | 19 |
| Number of males | 39 |
| Number of married females | 7 |
| Number of married males | 8 |
| Number of married persons | 15 |
| Number of widowed females | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 1 |
| POP F | 19 |
| POP M | 39 |
| POP TOT | 58 |
| Total population | 58 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 11 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 31 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 42 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 58 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 11 |
| Number of occupied houses | 11 |
Agriculture (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 240 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 150 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 30 |
| HAY AC | 240 |
| HAY TONS | 120 |
| POT AC | 1 |
| POT BU | 150 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 120 |
Other recorded variables (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 11 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 31 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 42 |
| FAMILIES | 11 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| HOUSES | 11 |
| MD FEM | 7 |
| MD MALE | 8 |
| MD TOT | 15 |
| NAME CD | Halifax, Cite-Cité |
| OTHERS | 58 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 11 |
| TUR BU | 30 |
| WID FEM | 1 |
| WID MALE | 0 |
| WID TOT | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS033007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS033007 — 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). "Sable Island, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sable-island-ns033007-1891/.