Colchester, Nova Scotia
Colchester was a Census Division in Nova Scotia as recorded in the 1871–1921 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. This CD is grounded to Wikidata Q595326.
Population trajectory across census years
Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.
| Year | Population | CSDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 23,331 | 14 |
| 1881 | 26,720 | 19 |
| 1891 | 27,160 | 25 |
| 1901 | 24,900 | 23 |
| 1911 | 19,709 | 25 |
| 1921 | 25,196 | 26 |
Constituent Census Subdivisions by year
1871 census
- Earltown (pop 1,233)
- Economy & Five Islands (pop 2,023)
- Kemptown wd (pop 370)
- Lower Londonderry (pop 2,587)
- Lower Stewiacke (pop 1,530)
- New Annan (pop 1,266)
- Old Burns (pop 1,003)
- Onslow (pop 921)
- Tatamagouche wd (pop 1,525)
- Truro, T-V wd (pop 3,998)
- Upper Londonderry (pop 2,194)
- Upper Onslow (pop 1,272)
- Upper Stewiacke wd (pop 2,078)
- Waugh's River (pop 1,331)
1881 census
- Broofield Corner (pop 1,186)
- Clifton wd (pop 1,102)
- Earltown (pop 1,173)
- Economy (pop 1,331)
- Five Islands wd (pop 769)
- Kemptown wd (pop 353)
- Lower Londonderry (pop 1,571)
- Lower Onslow (pop 883)
- Lower Stewiacke (pop 1,577)
- Middle Londonderry (pop 3,173)
- Middle Stewiacke (pop 748)
- New Annan (pop 1,045)
- North River (pop 1,205)
- Salmon River (pop 1,212)
- Tatamagouche wd (pop 1,500)
- Truro, T-V wd (pop 3,461)
- Upper Londonderry (pop 1,353)
- Upper Stewiacke wd (pop 1,552)
- Waugh's River (pop 1,526)
1891 census
- Acadia Mines E wd (pop 1,214)
- Acadia Mines W-O wd (pop 1,451)
- Brookfield (pop 1,074)
- Clifton wd (pop 1,017)
- Earltown (pop 1,038)
- Economy (pop 1,106)
- Five Islands wd (pop 763)
- Kempt, Town—Ville (pop 298)
- Lower Londonderry (pop 953)
- Lower Onslow (pop 853)
- Lower Stewiacke (pop 946)
- Lower Stewiacke S (pop 672)
- Middle Londonderry (pop 1,249)
- Middle Stewiacke (pop 694)
- New Annan (pop 854)
- North River (pop 1,175)
- Salmon River (pop 1,304)
- Tatamagouche E. wd (pop 741)
- Tatamagouche W-O wd (pop 725)
- Truro, T-V wd (pop 5,102)
- Upper Londonderry (pop 1,150)
- Upper Stewiacke E. (pop 812)
- Upper Stewiacke W-O (pop 542)
- Waugh’s River N (pop 742)
- Waugh’s River S (pop 685)
1901 census
- Acadia Mines wd (pop 1,074)
- Brookfield (pop 950)
- Clifton wd (pop 887)
- Earltown (pop 895)
- Economy (pop 820)
- Five Islands wd (pop 762)
- Gays River (pop 735)
- Kemptown wd (pop 236)
- Lower Londonderry (pop 910)
- Lower Onslow (pop 933)
- Lower Stewiacke (pop 1,167)
- Middle Londonderry (pop 1,015)
- Middle Stewiacke (pop 618)
- New Annan (pop 774)
- North River (pop 1,041)
- Salmon River (pop 1,280)
- Tatamagouche E. wd (pop 716)
- Tatamagouche W-O wd (pop 579)
- Truro, T-V wd (pop 5,993)
- Upper Londonderry (pop 1,042)
- Upper Stewiacke E. (pop 714)
- Upper Stewiacke W-O (pop 472)
- Waughs River (pop 1,287)
1911 census
- Acadia Mines wd (pop 1,254)
- Brookfield
- Brule (pop 581)
- Clifton wd (pop 793)
- Earltown (pop 657)
- Economy (pop 685)
- Five Islands wd (pop 615)
- Gays River
- Kemptown wd (pop 226)
- Lower Londonderry (pop 844)
- Lower Onslow (pop 941)
- Lower Stewiacke (pop 521)
- Middle Londonderry (pop 961)
- Middle Stewiacke (pop 568)
- New Annan (pop 710)
- North River
- Salmon River
- Stewiacke, T-V wd (pop 633)
- Tatamagouche E. wd (pop 617)
- Tatamagouche W-O wd (pop 569)
- Truro, T-V wd (pop 6,107)
- Upper Londonderry (pop 954)
- Upper Stewiacke E. (pop 607)
- Upper Stewiacke W-O (pop 421)
- Waughs River (pop 445)
1921 census
- Acadia Mines wd (pop 783)
- Brookfield (pop 904)
- Brule (pop 548)
- Clifton wd (pop 919)
- Earltown (pop 575)
- Economy (pop 675)
- Five Islands wd (pop 524)
- Gays River (pop 527)
- Indian reserves (pop 126)
- Kemptown wd (pop 229)
- Lower Londonderry (pop 936)
- Lower Onslow (pop 916)
- Lower Stewiacke (pop 523)
- Middle Londonderry (pop 917)
- Middle Stewiacke (pop 518)
- New Annan (pop 679)
- North River (pop 1,130)
- Salmon River (pop 1,833)
- Stewiacke, T-V wd (pop 819)
- Tatamagouche E. wd (pop 583)
- Tatamagouche W-O wd (pop 478)
- Truro, T-V wd (pop 7,562)
- Upper Londonderry (pop 1,021)
- Upper Stewiacke E. (pop 586)
- Upper Stewiacke W-O (pop 453)
- Waughs River (pop 432)
Lineage
Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.
- Split off from Nova Scotia in 1871.
Identifiers
- HGIS Canada CD ID:
CD_NS_Colchester - Wikidata: Q595326
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchester_County
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Colchester
Sources
Census Division boundaries derived from the
Canadian Peoples / TCP
1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan).
Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships
emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.