Broad Cove, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Broad Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.715°N, 65.683°W.

Population

In 1871, Broad Cove had a population of 891: 451 male and 440 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, Broad Cove shared boundaries with:

• New Caledonia

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 891 total population, 451 males, 440 females, 323 married persons, 180 families, 164 married females, 159 married males, 32 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 536 single persons under 18, 283 single males under 18, 253 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 166 occupied houses, 163 inhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (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: NS190007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS016007 — 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). "Broad Cove, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/broad-cove-ns190007-1871/.