Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg 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 Q142312.

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.

Constituent Census Subdivisions by year

1871 census

• Bridgewater, T-V wd (pop 2,912)
• Chester wd (pop 2,846)
• Conquerall (pop 1,166)
• La Have wd (pop 1,203)
• Lunenburg, T-V wd (pop 3,231)
• Mahone Bay wd (pop 3,129)
• Mill Cove (pop 434)
• New Germany wd (pop 2,851)
• New Ross wd (pop 972)
• Petite Rivière wd (pop 2,572)
• Ritcey's Cove (pop 1,594)
• Sandy Beaches (pop 428)
• Tancook Island wd (pop 496)

1881 census

• Baywater (pop 536)
• Blockhouse (pop 3,888)
• Bridgewater, T-V wd (pop 3,487)
• Chester wd (pop 2,974)
• Conquerall (pop 1,369)
• Lunenburg, T-V wd (pop 4,007)
• Mill Cove (pop 539)
• New Germany wd (pop 3,608)
• New Ross wd (pop 1,072)
• Petite Rivière wd (pop 3,250)
• Ritcey's Cove (pop 1,827)
• Summerside (pop 1,454)
• Tancook (pop 572)

1891 census

• Baywater (pop 608)
• Blockhouse (pop 4,153)
• Bridgewater, T-V wd (pop 3,936)
• Chester wd (pop 3,050)
• Conquerall (pop 1,418)
• Lunenburg, T-V wd (pop 4,894)
• Mill Cove (pop 619)
• New Germany wd (pop 3,838)
• New Ross wd (pop 1,127)
• Petite Rivière wd (pop 3,415)
• Ritcey's Cove (pop 1,934)
• Summerside (pop 1,513)
• Tancook (pop 570)

1901 census

• Baker Settlement (pop 855)
• Barss Corner wd (pop 981)
• Blockhouse (pop 905)
• Blue Rocks wd (pop 1,117)
• Bridgewater, East—Est (pop 797)
• Bridgewater, North—Nord (pop 1,181)
• Bridgewater, South—Sud (pop 1,022)
• Chesley Corner (pop 1,652)
• Chester Basin wd (pop 578)
• Chester, East—Est (pop 832)
• Chester, West—Ouest (pop 978)
• Conquerall Bank wd (pop 599)
• Cross Roads (pop 1,147)
• Dublin Shore (pop 1,043)
• First South (pop 616)
• Italy Cross (pop 495)
• LaHave Island (pop 418)
• Lunenburg, T-V wd (pop 2,916)
• Maders Cove (pop 556)
• Mahone Bay wd (pop 866)
• Mahone Bay Road (pop 689)
• Midville Branch (pop 761)
• Mill Cove (pop 658)
• New Cornwall (pop 648)
• New Ross wd (pop 1,264)
• Newcombville (pop 777)
• Northfield (pop 677)
• Oakland (pop 1,326)
• Petite Rivière wd (pop 572)
• Pleasantville wd (pop 803)
• Ritcey Cove (pop 1,027)
• Sandy Beaches (pop 593)
• Tancook (pop 629)
• Upper LaHave wd (pop 774)
• Vogler Cove wd (pop 799)
• Western Shore wd (pop 838)

1911 census

• Baker Settlement (pop 815)
• Barss Corner wd (pop 945)
• Blandford (pop 628)
• Blockhouse (pop 833)
• Blue Rocks wd (pop 902)
• Bridgewater t-v wd (pop 2,775)
• Bridgewater t-v wd (pop 2,775)
• Chester Basin wd (pop 624)
• Chester E. (pop 850)
• Chester W-O (pop 1,096)
• Conquerall Bank wd (pop 646)
• Dublin Shore (pop 1,058)
• First South (pop 670)
• Garden Lots (pop 302)
• Hebbs Mills (pop 454)
• Hemford (pop 921)
• Indian Point (pop 566)
• Italy Cross (pop 680)
• LaHave Island (pop 434)
• Lunenburg t-v wd (pop 2,681)
• Lunenburg, T-V wd (pop 2,681)
• Maders Cove (pop 508)
• Mahone Bay wd (pop 951)
• Mahone Bay Road (pop 625)
• Midville Branch (pop 769)
• Mill Cove (pop 671)
• New Cornwall (pop 790)
• New Ross wd (pop 1,372)
• Northfield (pop 664)
• Oakland (pop 613)
• Parks Creek (pop 469)
• Petite Rivière wd (pop 611)
• Pleasantville wd (pop 739)
• Riversport (pop 592)
• Rose Bay (pop 691)
• Upper LaHave wd (pop 802)
• Vogler Cove wd (pop 830)
• Waterloo (pop 769)
• Waterloo (pop 769)
• Western Shore wd (pop 936)

1921 census

• Baker Settlement (pop 538)
• Barss Corner wd (pop 925)
• Blandford (pop 579)
• Blockhouse (pop 483)
• Blue Rocks wd (pop 848)
• Bridgewater, T-V wd (pop 3,147)
• Chester Basin wd (pop 547)
• Chester E. (pop 870)
• Chester W.-O. (pop 873)
• Conquerall Bank wd (pop 531)
• Dayspring wd (pop 573)
• Dublin W.-O. (Dublin Shore pt.) (pop 415)
• Feltzen S. wd (pop 510)
• First South (pop 646)
• Garden Lots (pop 311)
• Hebbs Mills (pop 418)
• Hemford (pop 1,126)
• Indian Point (pop 535)
• Indian reserves (pop 78)
• Italy Cross (pop 763)
• LaHave Island (pop 432)
• Lunenburg, T-V wd (pop 2,792)
• Maders Cove (pop 225)
• Mahone Bay wd (pop 1,177)
• Mahone Bay Road (pop 582)
• Midville Branch (pop 523)
• Mill Cove (pop 707)
• New Cornwall (pop 709)
• New Dublin (Dublin Shore pt.) (pop 632)
• New Germany E. (Chesley Corner pt.) (pop 814)
• New Germany W.-O. (Chesley Corner pt.) (pop 267)
• New Ross E. (pop 859)
• New Ross W.-O. (pop 502)
• Northfield (pop 966)
• Oakland (pop 529)
• Parks Creek (pop 400)
• Petite Rivière & Broad Cove (pop 944)
• Pleasantville wd (pop 752)
• Riversport (pop 645)
• Rose Bay (Cross Roads) (pop 696)
• Tancook (pop 650)
• Upper LaHave wd (pop 719)
• Vogler Cove wd (pop 553)
• Waterloo (pop 863)
• Western Shore wd (pop 1,088)

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_Lunenburg
• Wikidata: Q142312
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Lunenburg_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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.