Female Teachers in the Maritimes: 1851, 1871, 1891


Units

Area units:
Counties in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are shown for 1851, 1871 and 1891.

Data units:
Counties are coloured according the percentage of all teachers who were female in that county in the given year.


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Legend Description

Percentage female
Counties are coloured according the percentage of all teachers who were female in that county in the given year.


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Layers

Checkboxes control the visibility of female teachers by county. Clicking on one of the dated years turns off all of the others, and whichever layer within this folder is on, is the active layer (see explanation in Active Tools below).
Checkbox controls visibility of Modern Geography (current provincial and territorial boundaries, as well as selected cities), and is available for reference.

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Active Tools

Active Layer: Clicking on 1851 Counties, 1871 Counties or 1891 Counties will display the county data for that year. The active layer is always FEMALE TEACHERS which contains data for 1851, 1871 and 1891.

Identify: Click anywhere in a county to display the name of that county.

Table: Click or drag a rectangle to select any of the counties. A table pops up showing information by county for 1851, 1871 and 1891. See Table Fields below.

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Table Fields - Female teachers

Province Province where the county is located.
County County name.
Name of Field Number of teachers in the given year.
Note: The 1851 layer shows 1853 data for New Brunswick
Note: The data is an average between two semesters, creating in some records with 0.5 teachers.
All teachers 18XX Number of female teachers in the given year.
Note: The 1851 layer shows 1853 data for New Brunswick
Note: The data is an average between two semesters, creating in some records with 0.5 teachers.
Female 18XX Percentage of all teachers who were female in the given year.
Note: The 1851 layer shows 1853 data for New Brunswick

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Legend Notes

Unless otherwise indicated, data for all maps and graphs were taken from the annual reports of the various chief superintendents and ministers of education for the several British North American colonies to 1867, and for the provinces of Canada after that date. Where data were reported by municipal districts other than counties, these were amalgamated or incorporated into counties with the assistance of the Gazetteer of Canada.

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