Summerside, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Summerside was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.403°N, 64.476°W.
Population
In 1891, Summerside had a population of 1,513: 762 male and 751 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,454 |
| 1891 | 1,513 |
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 contained Bridgewater, East—Est, 1901 (91.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Summerside shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,513 total population, 762 males, 751 females, 502 married persons, 260 families, 251 married females, 251 married males, 73 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 938 single persons under 18, 493 single males under 18, 445 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,513 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 260 occupied houses, 259 houses, 259 houses built of wood, 252 houses of 1 story, 168 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 22,149 pounds of homemade butter, 15,971 acres of land in farms, 10,675 bushels of potatoes, 10,279 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,692 acres of improved land in farms, 3,714 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,632 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,502 bushels of turnips, 2,115 chickens, 1,917 bushels of barley, 1,865 acres of farmland under crops, 1,589 acres of hay crops, 1,533 tons of hay, 1,385 bushels of oats, 1,242 sheep, 729 bushels of rye, 430 other cattle, 411 sheep slaughtered or sold, 363 milk cows, 305 swine, 267 oxen, 241 occupants of farms, 218 farm occupants who own their land, 211 swine slaughtered or sold, 169 geese, 155 bushels of spring wheat, 128 cattle killed or sold, 119 bushels of beans, 118 ducks, 113 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 106 bushels of buckwheat, 89 acres of potatoes, 79 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 acres of barley, 71 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 67 horses aged over 3 years, 53 acres of oats, 45 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 32 bushels of peas, 32 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 turkeys, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of corn, 8 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS038012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS038012— 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). "Summerside, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/summerside-ns038012-1891/.