Westport, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Westport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 643. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7989577. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.256°N, 66.365°W.

Population

In 1871, Westport had a population of 643: 306 male and 337 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.0% share).

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 643 total population, 337 females, 306 males, 237 married persons, 141 families, 119 married females, 118 married males, 29 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 377 single persons under 18, 196 single females under 18, 181 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 121 inhabited houses, 121 occupied houses, 8 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 2,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS191001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS009024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7989577
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport,_Nova_Scotia

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1871 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). "Westport, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/westport-ns191001-1871/.