Bellevaux, Nova Scotia (1871 census)
Bellevaux was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,036. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.305°N, 66.015°W.
Population
In 1871, Bellevaux had a population of 1,036: 522 male and 514 female residents.
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 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Bellevaux shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,036 total population, 522 males, 514 females, 322 married persons, 172 families, 163 married males, 159 married females, 33 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 681 single persons under 18, 348 single males under 18, 333 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 170 occupied houses, 166 inhabited houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 32,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| François-Lambert Bourneuf | 1787–1871 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS191010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS191010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Bellevaux, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bellevaux-ns191010-1871/.