Westville, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Westville, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,152. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3567557. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.554°N, 62.711°W.

Population

In 1891, Westville, T-V had a population of 3,152: 1,630 male and 1,522 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Drummond Mines (Westville, part), 1901 (54.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Westville (part), 1901 (45.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Westville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Abercrombie
• Hopewell & Lorne
• Middle River
• Stellarton, T-V

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,152 total population, 1,630 males, 1,522 females, 964 married persons, 565 families, 483 married males, 481 married females, 102 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,086 single persons under 18, 1,115 single males under 18, 971 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,147 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 562 houses, 562 houses built of wood, 562 occupied houses, 331 houses of 1 story, 262 houses of 4 rooms, 229 houses of 2 stories, 197 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 60 houses of 5 rooms, 29 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,558 acres of land in farms, 5,595 bushels of potatoes, 5,235 acres of improved land in farms, 3,218 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,910 chickens, 2,323 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,030 pounds of homemade butter, 1,886 acres of farmland under crops, 1,399 bushels of oats, 1,058 tons of hay, 550 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 488 acres of hay crops, 376 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 301 milk cows, 285 bushels of turnips, 216 occupants of farms, 199 farm occupants who own their land, 172 horses aged over 3 years, 142 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 131 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 113 acres of oats, 97 other cattle, 85 sheep, 63 ducks, 62 bushels of barley, 51 other fowl, 42 swine, 41 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 38 bushels of buckwheat, 34 acres of potatoes, 34 bushels of corn, 27 bushels of beans, 18 bushels of peas, 18 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 geese, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 turkeys, 6 employees on farms, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 3 acres of barley, 3 acres of turnips, 1 acres of wheat. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS039027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS016040 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3567557
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westville,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westville_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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). "Westville, T-V, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/westville-t-v-ns039027-1891/.