Amherst - 1891
Census division
Cumberland
Census Subdivision
Amherst
Census Subdivision TCPUID
NS030002
Age Data
Number of single females under 18
684
Number of single males under 18
938
Number of single persons under 18
1,622
Death Data
There is no death data for this subdivision.
Manufacturing Data
There is no manufacturing data for this subdivision.
Ethnicity Data
Number of French Canadians
1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian
2,547
Religion Data
Province
Year
Agriculture Data
Bushels of beans produced in the past year
23
Pounds of homemade butter
101,692
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year
5,094
Bushels of corn produced in the past year
10
Number of milk cows
1,210
Number of other cattle
2,294
Number of oxen
110
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year
747
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year
1,272
Acres of improved land in farms
26,021
Acres of land in farms
53,017
Number of chickens
6,707
Number of ducks
193
Number of geese
1,402
Number of other fowl
2
Number of turkeys
920
Number of occupants of farms
432
Acres of farmland under crops
15,265
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards
134
Acres of farmland in pasture
10,622
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest
26,996
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres
63
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres
129
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres
76
Number of persons living on farms over 201 acres
46
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres
118
Number of employees on farms
3
Number of farm occupants who own their land
396
Number of farm occupants who rent their land
33
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year
13
Acres of hay crops
10,276
Tons of hay produced in the past year
14,607
Number of horses aged 3 years and under
235
Number of horses aged over 3 years
768
Acres of oats
1,017
Bushels of oats produced in the past year
21,878
Bushels of peas produced in the past year
32
Acres of potatoes
473
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year
79,835
Acres of turnips
104
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year
28,237
Bushels of rye produced in the past year
10
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year
6,968
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year
1,657
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold
1,312
Number of sheep
2,959
Capacity of silos (tons)
40
Number of swine slaughtered or sold
564
Number of swine
544
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year
1,514
Acres of wheat
89
Buildings Data
Number of houses of 1 room
1
Number of houses of 1 story
431
Number of houses of 2 rooms
19
Number of houses of 2 stories
33
Number of houses of 3 rooms
36
Number of houses of 4 rooms
41
Number of houses of 5 rooms
56
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms
234
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms
76
Number of houses of over 15 rooms
1
Number of houses built of brick
1
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties
8
Number of houses built of wood
463
Number of houses under construction
11
Number of occupied houses
472
Number of uninhabited houses
41
Number of houses
464
Fisheries Data
There is no fisheries data for this subdivision.
Population Data
Average size of families
5
Number of married females
406
Number of widowed females
71
Number of females
1,161
Number of married males
408
Number of widowed males
41
Number of males
1,387
Number of families
484
Number of married persons
814
Number of widowed persons
112
Total population
2,548