Forks of St. Mary, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Forks of St. Mary was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,356. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.311°N, 62.066°W.

Population

In 1871, Forks of St. Mary had a population of 1,356: 683 male and 673 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 (0.6% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Forks St. Mary’s, 1881 (66.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Goshen & Giant's Lake, 1881 (34.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Forks of St. Mary shared boundaries with:

• Caledonia
• Lochaber
• NO DATA
• Salmon River
• Sherbrooke
• St. Mary’s
• Stormont
• Upper South River
• Wine Harbor

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 1,356 total population, 683 males, 673 females, 389 married persons, 230 families, 196 married females, 193 married males, 28 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 939 single persons under 18, 482 single males under 18, 457 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 218 inhabited houses, 218 occupied houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 120,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS202010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS202010 — 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 of St. Mary, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/forks-of-st-mary-ns202010-1871/.