Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Bay St. Lawrence was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 419. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4874104. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.031°N, 60.417°W.

Population

In 1871, Bay St. Lawrence had a population of 419: 218 male and 201 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 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Bay St. Lawrence shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA

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 419 total population, 218 males, 201 females, 107 married persons, 59 families, 54 married males, 53 married females, 13 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 299 single persons under 18, 160 single males under 18, 139 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 57 inhabited houses, 57 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 13,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS204012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS020003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4874104
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_St._Lawrence,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_St_Lawrence

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). "Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bay-st-lawrence-ns204012-1871/.