French Village, Nova Scotia (1871 census)
French Village was a village in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 668. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.669°N, 63.823°W.
Population
In 1871, French Village had a population of 668: 349 male and 319 female residents. Population density was 8.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 668 |
| 1881 | 759 |
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 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, French Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 114 |
| Number of females | 319 |
| Number of males | 349 |
| Number of married females | 94 |
| Number of married males | 95 |
| Number of married persons | 189 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 22 |
| Total population | 668 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 214 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 243 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 457 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 95 |
| Number of occupied houses | 95 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 869 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 303 |
| HAY TONS | 554 |
| OAT BU | 507 |
| PEA BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 20 |
| POT BU | 7,679 |
| Total area (acres) | 35,500 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA | 35,500 |
| BEING BUILT | 5 |
| BEN BU | 13 |
| CD | 196 |
| CSD | 16 |
| FAMILIES | 114 |
| FEMALE | 319 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 95 |
| INHABITED | 95 |
| MALE | 349 |
| MARRIED F | 94 |
| MARRIED M | 95 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 189 |
| POPULATION | 668 |
| ROOT BU | 1,820 |
| SINGLE F | 214 |
| SINGLE M | 243 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 457 |
| TUR BU | 736 |
| UNINHABITED | 10 |
| WIDOWED F | 11 |
| WIDOWED M | 11 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 22 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS196016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010009— 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). "French Village, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/french-village-ns196016-1871/.