Selmah, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Selmah was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 563. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.297°N, 63.621°W.

Population

In 1891, Selmah had a population of 563: 300 male and 263 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Maitland, 1881 (22.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Maitland, 1901 (22.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Selmah shared boundaries with:

• Five Mile River
• Maitland
• Noel

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 563 total population, 300 males, 263 females, 179 married persons, 105 families, 90 married females, 89 married males, 29 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 355 single persons under 18, 205 single males under 18, 150 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 563 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 101 houses, 101 houses built of wood, 101 occupied houses, 94 houses of 1 story, 70 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,240 pounds of homemade butter, 8,562 bushels of potatoes, 7,927 acres of land in farms, 5,510 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,522 bushels of turnips, 2,417 acres of improved land in farms, 2,119 bushels of oats, 1,337 acres of farmland under crops, 1,325 chickens, 1,083 tons of hay, 1,018 acres of farmland in pasture, 889 acres of hay crops, 885 bushels of barley, 712 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 281 sheep, 226 other cattle, 171 milk cows, 152 geese, 134 sheep slaughtered or sold, 116 acres of oats, 103 swine slaughtered or sold, 99 bushels of beans, 93 occupants of farms, 90 bushels of buckwheat, 89 farm occupants who own their land, 87 horses aged over 3 years, 79 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 76 acres of potatoes, 75 bushels of spring wheat, 74 swine, 72 cattle killed or sold, 62 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 bushels of corn, 54 bushels of peas, 52 ducks, 48 acres of barley, 43 turkeys, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 oxen, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of wheat, 4 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS035016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS035016 — 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). "Selmah, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/selmah-ns035016-1891/.