Tancook, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Tancook (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Tancook was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 570. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.454°N, 64.156°W.

Population

In 1891, Tancook had a population of 570: 287 male and 283 female residents. Population density was 155.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	496
1881	572
1891	570
1901	629
1911	—
1921	650

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, Tancook shared boundaries with:

Baywater

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.20
FAM NO	110
Number of families	110
Number of females	283
Number of males	287
Number of married females	107
Number of married males	107
Number of married persons	214
Number of widowed females	8
Number of widowed males	1
Number of widowed persons	9
POP F	283
POP M	287
POP TOT	570
Total population	570

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	168
Number of single males under 18	179
Number of single persons under 18	347

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	570

Buildings & housing (10 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	84
Number of houses built of wood	84
Number of houses of 1 story	84
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	3
Number of houses of 3 rooms	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	8
Number of houses of 5 rooms	14
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	58
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	84

Agriculture (51 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	29
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	23
Acres of farmland in pasture	549
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	133
Acres of farmland under crops	504
Acres of hay crops	384
Acres of improved land in farms	1,076
Acres of land in farms	1,209
Acres of oats	1
Acres of potatoes	52
Acres of turnips	23
BAR AC	29
BAR BU	684
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	684
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	31
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	34
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	5
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	6,982
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	5
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2,509
Capacity of silos (tons)	5
HAY AC	384
HAY TONS	632
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	65
Number of chickens	765
Number of ducks	8
Number of farm occupants who own their land	83
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	21
Number of geese	13
Number of milk cows	104
Number of occupants of farms	104
Number of other cattle	64
Number of oxen	91
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	31
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	71
Number of sheep	263
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	2
Number of swine	103
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	92
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	1
OAT BU	34
PEA BU	5
POT AC	52
POT BU	6,982
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	56
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	761
Pounds of homemade butter	10,905
Tons of hay produced in the past year	632
WHT SP BU	5

Other recorded variables (55 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	31
A 51 100	2
BEN BU	31
BUTTER LB	10,905
CATTLE KS	65
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	168
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	179
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	347
COARSE WOOL LB	56
DUCKS	8
FAMILIES	110
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.20
FINE WOOL LB	761
FRN CA	0
GEESE	13
HENS AND CHKN	765
HOUSES	84
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	3
HOUSES FIVE RM	14
HOUSES FOUR RM	8
HOUSES ONE STRY	84
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	58
HOUSES THREE RM	1
HOUSES W	84
INF 11 A	71
MD FEM	107
MD MALE	107
MD TOT	214
MILK COWS	104
NAME CD	Lunenburg
OC F	21
OC P	83
OC TOT	104
OTHER HRN CATTLE	64
OTHERS	570
SHEEP	263
SHEEP KS	2
SILOS	5
SUP AM	1,076
SUP FOR	133
SUP JV	23
SUP PAT	549
SUP SC	504
SUP TOT	1,209
SWINE	103
SWINE KS	92
TOT DWLG OCC	84
TUR AC	23
TUR BU	2,509
TURKEY	2
WID FEM	8
WID MALE	1
WID TOT	9
WORKING OX	91

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS038013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS015037 — 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). "Tancook, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/tancook-ns038013-1891/.