Springhill, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Springhill was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 400. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.616°N, 64.111°W.
Population
In 1891, Springhill had a population of 400: 193 male and 207 female residents. Population density was 6.4 people per square mile.
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 Maccan, 1881 (44.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Springhill shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.40 |
| FAM NO | 74 |
| Number of families | 74 |
| Number of females | 207 |
| Number of males | 193 |
| Number of married females | 73 |
| Number of married males | 71 |
| Number of married persons | 144 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 15 |
| POP F | 207 |
| POP M | 193 |
| POP TOT | 400 |
| Total population | 400 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 123 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 118 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 241 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 400 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 72 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 72 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 70 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 29 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 72 |
Agriculture (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 7 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 21 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 727 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 4,891 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 938 |
| Acres of hay crops | 493 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,686 |
| Acres of land in farms | 6,577 |
| Acres of oats | 161 |
| Acres of potatoes | 46 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| Acres of wheat | 9 |
| BAR AC | 7 |
| BAR BU | 81 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 81 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 667 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,625 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,688 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 125 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 391 |
| BWT BU | 667 |
| HAY AC | 493 |
| HAY TONS | 498 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 50 |
| Number of chickens | 680 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 54 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 8 |
| Number of geese | 29 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 13 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 63 |
| Number of milk cows | 126 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 62 |
| Number of other cattle | 113 |
| Number of oxen | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 24 |
| Number of sheep | 184 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 130 |
| Number of swine | 46 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 44 |
| Number of turkeys | 7 |
| OAT AC | 161 |
| OAT BU | 2,625 |
| POT AC | 46 |
| POT BU | 5,688 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 150 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 72 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 682 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 11,905 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 498 |
| WHT AC | 9 |
| WHT SP BU | 125 |
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 9 |
| A 11 50 | 7 |
| A 201 PL | 11 |
| A 51 100 | 11 |
| BEN BU | 4 |
| BUTTER LB | 11,905 |
| CATTLE KS | 50 |
| CHEESE LB | 150 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 123 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 118 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 241 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 72 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 13 |
| FAMILIES | 74 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.40 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 682 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 29 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 680 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 63 |
| HOUSES | 72 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 70 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 29 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES W | 72 |
| INF 11 A | 24 |
| MD FEM | 73 |
| MD MALE | 71 |
| MD TOT | 144 |
| MILK COWS | 126 |
| NAME CD | Cumberland |
| OC F | 8 |
| OC P | 54 |
| OC TOT | 62 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 113 |
| OTHERS | 400 |
| SHEEP | 184 |
| SHEEP KS | 130 |
| SUP AM | 1,686 |
| SUP FOR | 4,891 |
| SUP JV | 21 |
| SUP PAT | 727 |
| SUP SC | 938 |
| SUP TOT | 6,577 |
| SWINE | 46 |
| SWINE KS | 44 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 72 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 391 |
| TURKEY | 7 |
| WID FEM | 11 |
| WID MALE | 4 |
| WID TOT | 15 |
| WORKING OX | 3 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS030015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS030015— 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). "Springhill, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/springhill-ns030015-1891/.