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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia  |  Wikidata: Q7982993

Wentworth, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Wentworth was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 745. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7982993. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.633°N, 63.549°W.

Population

In 1891, Wentworth had a population of 745: 382 male and 363 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,146
1881735
1891745
1911605
1921652

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, Wentworth shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 745 total population, 382 males, 363 females, 247 married persons, 143 families, 124 married males, 123 married females, 40 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 458 single persons under 18, 243 single males under 18, 215 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 745 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 143 houses, 143 houses built of wood, 143 occupied houses, 99 houses of 2 stories, 81 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 44 houses of 1 story, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,701 pounds of homemade butter, 23,257 acres of land in farms, 17,511 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,970 bushels of potatoes, 6,719 bushels of oats, 5,746 acres of improved land in farms, 3,255 acres of farmland under crops, 3,068 bushels of buckwheat, 2,812 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,574 bushels of spring wheat, 2,434 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,344 tons of hay, 2,324 chickens, 2,095 acres of hay crops, 1,199 bushels of turnips, 832 sheep, 605 other cattle, 464 milk cows, 416 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 387 acres of oats, 359 turkeys, 345 sheep slaughtered or sold, 252 geese, 213 swine, 212 bushels of barley, 195 swine slaughtered or sold, 189 horses aged over 3 years, 188 acres of wheat, 145 occupants of farms, 135 farm occupants who own their land, 128 cattle killed or sold, 104 oxen, 100 acres of potatoes, 81 ducks, 57 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 49 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 27 bushels of beans, 24 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 acres of barley, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Wentworth, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/wentworth-ns030019-1891/.