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Year: 1891  |  Province: Nova Scotia

Windsor (Court House), Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Windsor (Court House) was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,477. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.985°N, 64.135°W.

Population

In 1891, Windsor (Court House) had a population of 2,477: 1,163 male and 1,314 female residents. Population density was 681.7 people per square mile.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Windsor (Court House) shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.40
FAM NO461
Number of families461
Number of females1,314
Number of males1,163
Number of married females381
Number of married males383
Number of married persons764
Number of widowed females97
Number of widowed males30
Number of widowed persons127
POP F1,314
POP M1,163
POP TOT2,477
Total population2,477
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18836
Number of single males under 18750
Number of single persons under 181,586
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of persons who are not French Canadian2,476
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties1
Number of houses424
Number of houses built of stone1
Number of houses built of wood423
Number of houses of 1 story139
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms44
Number of houses of 2 rooms6
Number of houses of 2 stories224
Number of houses of 3 rooms6
Number of houses of 3 stories57
Number of houses of 4 rooms39
Number of houses of 5 rooms51
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms265
Number of houses of more than 3 stories4
Number of houses of over 15 rooms13
Number of houses under construction6
Number of occupied houses425
Number of uninhabited houses4
Agriculture (57 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley25
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards100
Acres of farmland in pasture815
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest28,852
Acres of farmland under crops1,907
Acres of hay crops691
Acres of improved land in farms2,822
Acres of land in farms31,674
Acres of oats152
Acres of potatoes39
Acres of turnips32
BAR AC25
BAR BU603
Bushels of barley produced in the past year603
Bushels of beans produced in the past year129
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year4
Bushels of corn produced in the past year45
Bushels of oats produced in the past year4,425
Bushels of peas produced in the past year58
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year4,960
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year9,103
BWT BU4
CRN BU45
HAY AC691
HAY TONS969
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year39
Number of chickens1,497
Number of ducks23
Number of employees on farms1
Number of farm occupants who own their land162
Number of farm occupants who rent their land33
Number of geese50
Number of horses aged 3 years and under41
Number of horses aged over 3 years186
Number of milk cows212
Number of occupants of farms196
Number of other cattle163
Number of oxen12
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres9
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres6
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres8
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres11
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres162
Number of sheep110
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold45
Number of swine86
Number of swine slaughtered or sold68
Number of turkeys117
OAT AC152
OAT BU4,425
PEA BU58
POT AC39
POT BU4,960
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year224
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year49
Pounds of homemade butter18,044
Tons of hay produced in the past year969
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 2009
A 11 506
A 201 PL11
A 51 1008
BEN BU129
BUTTER LB18,044
CATTLE KS39
CHILD AND UNMD FEM836
CHILD AND UNMD MALE750
CHILD AND UNMD TOT1,586
COARSE WOOL LB224
COLTS FILLIES41
DUCKS23
FAMILIES461
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.40
FINE WOOL LB49
FRN CA1
GEESE50
HENS AND CHKN1,497
HORSES OVR THREE186
HOUSES424
HOUSES CON6
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM44
HOUSES FIVE RM51
HOUSES FOUR RM39
HOUSES ONE STRY139
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY4
HOUSES S1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM265
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM13
HOUSES THREE RM6
HOUSES THREE STRY57
HOUSES TWO RM6
HOUSES TWO STRY224
HOUSES UNINH4
HOUSES W423
INF 11 A162
MD FEM381
MD MALE383
MD TOT764
MILK COWS212
NAME CDHants
OC E1
OC F33
OC P162
OC TOT196
OTHER HRN CATTLE163
OTHERS2,476
SHEEP110
SHEEP KS45
SUP AM2,822
SUP FOR28,852
SUP JV100
SUP PAT815
SUP SC1,907
SUP TOT31,674
SWINE86
SWINE KS68
TOT DWLG OCC425
TUR AC32
TUR BU9,103
TURKEY117
VESS AND SHAN1
WID FEM97
WID MALE30
WID TOT127
WORKING OX12

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). "Windsor (Court House), Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/windsor-court-house-ns035022-1891/.