Brier Island, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Name: Brier Island (1871)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Brier Island was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 643. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4967067. 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.

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 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 643 total population, 337 females, 306 males, 237 married persons, 141 families, 119 married females, 118 married males, 29 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 377 single persons under 18, 196 single females under 18, 181 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 121 inhabited houses, 121 occupied houses, 8 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 2,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

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: Q4967067

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/.