St. Joseph, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,446. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.556°N, 62.120°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Joseph had a population of 1,446: 714 male and 732 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,700 |
| 1891 | 1,446 |
| 1901 | 1,285 |
| 1911 | — |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Joseph shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,446 total population, 732 females, 714 males, 344 married persons, 237 families, 175 married females, 169 married males, 84 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,018 single persons under 18, 520 single males under 18, 498 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,446 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 226 houses, 226 houses built of wood, 226 occupied houses, 225 houses of 1 story, 63 houses of 4 rooms, 56 houses of 3 rooms, 42 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 7 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,645 pounds of homemade butter, 26,736 acres of land in farms, 21,176 bushels of potatoes, 16,278 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 15,892 acres of improved land in farms, 11,752 bushels of oats, 10,844 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,675 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,187 acres of farmland under crops, 7,169 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,992 acres of hay crops, 3,529 tons of hay, 2,308 bushels of buckwheat, 2,240 chickens, 2,233 sheep, 1,642 bushels of spring wheat, 1,353 other cattle, 1,271 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,078 acres of oats, 1,061 bushels of turnips, 980 milk cows, 518 cattle killed or sold, 409 bushels of barley, 296 swine slaughtered or sold, 271 horses aged over 3 years, 262 acres of potatoes, 259 swine, 244 occupants of farms, 238 farm occupants who own their land, 182 acres of wheat, 148 geese, 141 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 110 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 86 horses aged 3 years and under, 74 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 bushels of beans, 35 acres of barley, 31 bushels of peas, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 turkeys, 22 oxen, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 bushels of corn, 12 other fowl, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 acres of turnips, 6 ducks, 6 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS027015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038014— 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). "St. Joseph, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-joseph-ns027015-1891/.