Whitehead, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Whitehead was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,086. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7996025. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.280°N, 61.197°W.
Population
In 1891, Whitehead had a population of 1,086: 564 male and 522 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 867 |
| 1891 | 1,086 |
| 1901 | 1,189 |
| 1911 | 493 |
| 1921 | 382 |
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, Whitehead shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 66 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,086 total population, 564 males, 522 females, 391 married persons, 199 married females, 192 married males, 191 families, 26 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 669 single persons under 18, 364 single males under 18, 305 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,086 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 191 occupied houses, 190 houses, 190 houses built of wood, 100 houses of 1 story, 90 houses of 2 stories, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 37 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 33 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,745 acres of land in farms, 6,255 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,246 pounds of homemade butter, 1,514 bushels of potatoes, 1,440 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,192 chickens, 490 acres of improved land in farms, 459 acres of farmland under crops, 393 sheep, 334 tons of hay, 196 occupants of farms, 192 acres of hay crops, 187 farm occupants who own their land, 127 milk cows, 96 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 76 other cattle, 70 ducks, 58 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 56 oxen, 31 acres of farmland in pasture, 25 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 acres of potatoes, 20 bushels of turnips, 17 geese, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 swine, 10 bushels of oats, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 7 horses aged over 3 years, 4 other fowl, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2 turkeys, 1 bushels of beans, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS032020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010031— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7996025
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehead,_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). "Whitehead, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/whitehead-ns032020-1891/.