Westport, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Westport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 755. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7989577. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.256°N, 66.365°W.

Population

In 1891, Westport had a population of 755: 374 male and 381 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 755 total population, 381 females, 374 males, 277 married persons, 175 families, 140 married females, 137 married males, 45 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 4.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 433 single persons under 18, 221 single males under 18, 212 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 755 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 147 occupied houses, 145 houses, 145 houses built of wood, 121 houses of 1 story, 111 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,625 pounds of homemade butter, 2,087 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,066 acres of land in farms, 1,034 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,032 acres of improved land in farms, 993 bushels of potatoes, 976 chickens, 694 sheep, 589 acres of farmland under crops, 524 bushels of turnips, 397 acres of farmland in pasture, 343 tons of hay, 184 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 168 acres of hay crops, 99 occupants of farms, 96 farm occupants who own their land, 81 milk cows, 48 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 46 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 42 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 37 other cattle, 25 bushels of oats, 24 swine slaughtered or sold, 22 oxen, 21 sheep slaughtered or sold, 13 swine, 11 acres of potatoes, 11 bushels of beans, 11 cattle killed or sold, 10 bushels of peas, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 horses aged over 3 years, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 acres of oats, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS031021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS009024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7989577
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Westport, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/westport-ns031021-1891/.