Trout Brook, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Trout Brook was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 902. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.955°N, 60.173°W.
Population
In 1891, Trout Brook had a population of 902: 426 male and 476 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 881 |
| 1891 | 902 |
| 1901 | 674 |
| 1911 | 571 |
| 1921 | 419 |
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, Trout Brook shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 902 total population, 476 females, 426 males, 229 married persons, 150 families, 115 married females, 114 married males, 43 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 630 single persons under 18, 332 single females under 18, 298 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 902 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 150 houses, 150 houses built of wood, 150 occupied houses, 143 houses of 1 story, 86 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 22,740 pounds of homemade butter, 21,094 acres of land in farms, 15,517 bushels of potatoes, 13,068 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,026 acres of improved land in farms, 5,803 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,770 bushels of oats, 2,981 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,205 acres of farmland under crops, 1,258 chickens, 1,007 sheep, 917 tons of hay, 842 acres of hay crops, 584 bushels of turnips, 461 milk cows, 438 sheep slaughtered or sold, 398 acres of oats, 394 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 326 other cattle, 210 acres of potatoes, 181 bushels of barley, 172 cattle killed or sold, 150 occupants of farms, 149 farm occupants who own their land, 121 horses aged over 3 years, 83 swine slaughtered or sold, 72 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 62 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 32 swine, 18 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 acres of barley, 11 acres of turnips, 7 geese, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 ducks, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 oxen, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William McKay | 1847–1915 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS028024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006027— 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). "Trout Brook, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/trout-brook-ns028024-1891/.