Forks, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Forks was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 720. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.880°N, 64.285°W.

Population

In 1871, Forks had a population of 720: 370 male and 350 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Forks shared boundaries with:

• Chester
• Falmouth
• Gaspereau
• Kentville, T-V
• New Ross
• NO DATA
• Windsor, T-V

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 720 total population, 370 males, 350 females, 233 married persons, 127 families, 117 married females, 116 married males, 20 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 467 single persons under 18, 248 single males under 18, 219 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 126 inhabited houses, 126 occupied houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 59,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS188014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS188014 — 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). "Forks, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/forks-ns188014-1871/.