Brier Island, Nova Scotia (1871 census)
Brier Island was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 643. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.256°N, 66.365°W.
Population
In 1871, Brier Island had a population of 643: 306 male and 337 female residents. Population density was 106.4 people per square mile.
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 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 141 |
| Number of females | 337 |
| Number of males | 306 |
| Number of married females | 119 |
| Number of married males | 118 |
| Number of married persons | 237 |
| Number of widowed females | 22 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 29 |
| Total population | 643 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 196 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 181 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 377 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 121 |
| Number of occupied houses | 121 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 23 |
| HAY AC | 132 |
| HAY TONS | 248 |
| OAT BU | 40 |
| PEA BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 4 |
| POT BU | 946 |
| Total area (acres) | 2,000 |
Other recorded variables (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA | 2,000 |
| BEING BUILT | 8 |
| BEN BU | 1 |
| CD | 191 |
| CSD | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 141 |
| FEMALE | 337 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 121 |
| INHABITED | 121 |
| MALE | 306 |
| MARRIED F | 119 |
| MARRIED M | 118 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 237 |
| POPULATION | 643 |
| ROOT BU | 368 |
| SINGLE F | 196 |
| SINGLE M | 181 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 377 |
| TUR BU | 445 |
| UNINHABITED | 1 |
| WIDOWED F | 22 |
| WIDOWED M | 7 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 29 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS191001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS191001— 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). "Brier Island, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/brier-island-ns191001-1871/.