South End, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
South End was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,545. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.823°N, 66.120°W.
Population
In 1891, South End had a population of 1,545: 724 male and 821 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 Yarmouth, T-V, 1881 (4.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yarmouth, T-V, 1901 (9.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, South End shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,545 total population, 821 females, 724 males, 564 married persons, 312 families, 283 married females, 281 married males, 66 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 915 single persons under 18, 481 single females under 18, 434 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,102 persons who are not French Canadian, 443 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 281 houses, 281 houses built of wood, 281 occupied houses, 177 houses of 1 story, 131 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 104 houses of 2 stories, 59 houses of 4 rooms, 45 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,903 pounds of homemade butter, 784 chickens, 708 bushels of potatoes, 547 acres of land in farms, 470 bushels of oats, 444 acres of improved land in farms, 363 swine slaughtered or sold, 256 bushels of turnips, 254 tons of hay, 222 acres of farmland in pasture, 216 acres of farmland under crops, 112 acres of hay crops, 103 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 90 milk cows, 63 swine, 60 bushels of barley, 60 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 50 farm occupants who own their land, 50 occupants of farms, 46 horses aged over 3 years, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 other cattle, 17 acres of oats, 17 cattle killed or sold, 16 ducks, 15 sheep, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 oxen, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS044020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS044020— 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). "South End, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/south-end-ns044020-1891/.