Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Sydney Forks was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,230. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.064°N, 60.226°W.
Population
In 1891, Sydney Forks had a population of 1,230: 629 male and 601 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 Sydney, Town—Ville, 1881 (87.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Sydney Forks shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,230 total population, 629 males, 601 females, 309 married persons, 200 families, 155 married females, 154 married males, 58 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 863 single persons under 18, 457 single males under 18, 406 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,230 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 200 houses, 200 houses built of wood, 200 occupied houses, 150 houses of 1 story, 84 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 2 stories, 32 houses of 5 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,856 pounds of homemade butter, 24,710 acres of land in farms, 20,128 bushels of potatoes, 17,523 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,187 acres of improved land in farms, 5,144 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,978 bushels of oats, 3,925 acres of farmland under crops, 3,207 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,225 bushels of turnips, 1,923 chickens, 1,771 tons of hay, 1,435 sheep, 1,356 acres of hay crops, 883 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 766 sheep slaughtered or sold, 666 milk cows, 449 other cattle, 405 acres of oats, 365 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 350 cattle killed or sold, 294 bushels of barley, 207 occupants of farms, 201 farm occupants who own their land, 192 horses aged over 3 years, 187 acres of potatoes, 125 geese, 120 swine slaughtered or sold, 108 swine, 80 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 55 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 53 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 47 ducks, 45 turkeys, 43 horses aged 3 years and under, 33 bushels of beans, 32 bushels of buckwheat, 31 acres of barley, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 bushels of spring wheat, 15 acres of turnips, 9 bushels of peas, 6 oxen, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 acres of wheat, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS028022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS028022— 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). "Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sydney-forks-ns028022-1891/.