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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q1336091. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.952°N, 59.945°W.

Population

In 1891, Sable Island had a population of 58: 39 male and 19 female residents.

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 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 58 total population, 39 males, 19 females, 15 married persons, 11 families, 8 married males, 7 married females, 5.30 average size of families, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 42 single persons under 18, 31 single males under 18, 11 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 58 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 11 houses, 11 occupied houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 240 acres of hay crops, 150 bushels of potatoes, 120 tons of hay, 30 bushels of turnips, 1 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V4T2.)

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: Q1336091

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/.