Upper l’Ardoise, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Upper l’Ardoise was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,236. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.643°N, 60.787°W.
Population
In 1891, Upper l’Ardoise had a population of 1,236: 629 male and 607 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 L'Ardoise, 1881 (47.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Upper l’Ardoise shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,236 total population, 629 males, 607 females, 414 married persons, 222 families, 209 married males, 205 married females, 60 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 762 single persons under 18, 401 single males under 18, 361 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 923 French Canadians, 313 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 216 occupied houses, 209 houses, 209 houses built of wood, 202 houses of 1 story, 76 houses of 2 rooms, 62 houses of 1 room, 29 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,219 bushels of potatoes, 6,327 acres of land in farms, 5,264 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,295 pounds of homemade butter, 1,848 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,223 sheep, 1,165 chickens, 1,063 acres of improved land in farms, 1,007 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 777 acres of farmland under crops, 672 tons of hay, 624 acres of hay crops, 400 bushels of turnips, 383 sheep slaughtered or sold, 286 acres of farmland in pasture, 252 other cattle, 226 bushels of oats, 223 occupants of farms, 218 farm occupants who own their land, 192 milk cows, 144 geese, 90 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 87 acres of potatoes, 87 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 86 cattle killed or sold, 74 swine slaughtered or sold, 73 oxen, 65 horses aged over 3 years, 39 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 ducks, 34 swine, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 acres of oats, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 bushels of barley, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS041014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS041014— 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). "Upper l’Ardoise, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/upper-l-ardoise-ns041014-1891/.