Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Dartmouth was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,358. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q497373. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.714°N, 63.544°W.

Population

In 1871, Dartmouth had a population of 4,358: 2,102 male and 2,256 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).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Dartmouth, Town—Ville, 1881 (9.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Dartmouth, 1881 (90.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Dartmouth shared boundaries with:

• Eastern Passage
• Lawrencetown
• NO DATA
• Pier’s Mills
• Preston
• Truro Road
• Windsor Road

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 4,358 total population, 2,256 females, 2,102 males, 1,388 married persons, 791 families, 706 married females, 682 married males, 178 widowed persons, 135 widowed females, 43 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,792 single persons under 18, 1,415 single females under 18, 1,377 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 698 occupied houses, 683 inhabited houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 15 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 14 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 37,500 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS197001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS197001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q497373
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_(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). "Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/dartmouth-ns197001-1871/.