Lingan, Nova Scotia (1871–1911)

Lingan was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in 5 censuses between 1871 and 1911. Population declined across the period (from 3,429 in 1871 to 521 in 1911).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from NO DATA in 1871
• incorporates territory from South Bar in 1911

Descendant places

• later split into Bridgeport in 1891
• later split into South Bar in 1901
• later split into Glace Bay, T-V in 1891
• later split into New Waterford, T-V in 1921

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS040012 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.