Whitehead, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Whitehead (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Whitehead was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,086. 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 density was 17.6 people per square mile.

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 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.70
FAM NO	191
Number of families	191
Number of females	522
Number of males	564
Number of married females	199
Number of married males	192
Number of married persons	391
Number of widowed females	18
Number of widowed males	8
Number of widowed persons	26
POP F	522
POP M	564
POP TOT	1,086
Total population	1,086

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	305
Number of single males under 18	364
Number of single persons under 18	669

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,086

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	190
Number of houses built of wood	190
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	100
Number of houses of 2 rooms	37
Number of houses of 2 stories	90
Number of houses of 3 rooms	68
Number of houses of 4 rooms	33
Number of houses of 5 rooms	14
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	37
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	191
Number of uninhabited houses	5

Agriculture (42 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in pasture	31
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	6,255
Acres of farmland under crops	459
Acres of hay crops	192
Acres of improved land in farms	490
Acres of land in farms	6,745
Acres of potatoes	21
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	1
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	10
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,514
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	20
HAY AC	192
HAY TONS	334
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	1
Number of chickens	1,192
Number of ducks	70
Number of farm occupants who own their land	187
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	9
Number of geese	17
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	1
Number of horses aged over 3 years	7
Number of milk cows	127
Number of occupants of farms	196
Number of other cattle	76
Number of other fowl	4
Number of oxen	56
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	15
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	58
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	25
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	96
Number of sheep	393
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	2
Number of swine	15
Number of turkeys	2
OAT BU	10
POT AC	21
POT BU	1,514
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	1,440
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	8
Pounds of homemade butter	4,246
Tons of hay produced in the past year	334

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	15
A 11 50	58
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	25
BEN BU	1
BUTTER LB	4,246
CATTLE KS	1
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	305
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	364
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	669
COARSE WOOL LB	1,440
COLTS FILLIES	1
DUCKS	70
FAMILIES	191
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.70
FINE WOOL LB	8
FRN CA	0
GEESE	17
HENS AND CHKN	1,192
HORSES OVR THREE	7
HOUSES	190
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES FIVE RM	14
HOUSES FOUR RM	33
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	100
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	37
HOUSES THREE RM	68
HOUSES TWO RM	37
HOUSES TWO STRY	90
HOUSES UNINH	5
HOUSES W	190
INF 11 A	96
MD FEM	199
MD MALE	192
MD TOT	391
MILK COWS	127
NAME CD	Guysborough
OC F	9
OC P	187
OC TOT	196
OTHER FOWL	4
OTHER HRN CATTLE	76
OTHERS	1,086
SHEEP	393
SHEEP KS	2
SUP AM	490
SUP FOR	6,255
SUP PAT	31
SUP SC	459
SUP TOT	6,745
SWINE	15
TOT DWLG OCC	191
TUR BU	20
TURKEY	2
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	18
WID MALE	8
WID TOT	26
WORKING OX	56

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS032020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS010031_1881 — 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). "Whitehead, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/whitehead-ns032020-1891/.