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Year: 1871  |  Province: Nova Scotia

Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 3, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 3 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,277. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.648°N, 63.579°W.

Population

In 1871, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 3 had a population of 3,277: 1,531 male and 1,746 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18713,277
18812,801
18912,332
19013,561

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 3 shared boundaries with:

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 3,277 total population, 1,746 females, 1,531 males, 944 married persons, 658 families, 482 married females, 462 married males, 228 widowed persons, 174 widowed females, 54 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,105 single persons under 18, 1,090 single females under 18, 1,015 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 396 inhabited houses, 396 occupied houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 77 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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). "Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 3, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/halifax-ward-quartier-no-3-ns196003-1871/.