Cape Canso, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Cape Canso was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,136. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936541. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.308°N, 61.052°W.

Population

In 1871, Cape Canso had a population of 1,136: 572 male and 564 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 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Cape Canso shared boundaries with:

• Molasses Harbor

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 1,136 total population, 572 males, 564 females, 337 married persons, 188 families, 169 married males, 168 married females, 43 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 756 single persons under 18, 393 single males under 18, 363 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 175 occupied houses, 161 inhabited houses, 14 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 31,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS202003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS008003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2936541
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canseau_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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). "Cape Canso, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/cape-canso-ns202003-1871/.