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Year: 1871  |  Province: Nova Scotia

Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,331. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.649°N, 63.580°W.

Population

In 1871, Halifax, Ward—Quartier No. 4 had a population of 2,331: 1,107 male and 1,224 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18712,331
18811,942
18911,715
19015,925
19116,256

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. 4 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (10 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families527
Number of females1,224
Number of males1,107
Number of married females365
Number of married males360
Number of married persons725
Number of widowed females128
Number of widowed males31
Number of widowed persons159
Total population2,331
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18731
Number of single males under 18716
Number of single persons under 181,447
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of inhabited houses213
Number of occupied houses213
Number of uninhabited houses3
Agriculture (1 variable)
VariableValue
Total area (acres)86
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
VariableValue
AREA86
CD196
CSD4
FAMILIES527
FEMALE1,224
HOUSES OCCUPIED213
INHABITED213
MALE1,107
MARRIED F365
MARRIED M360
MARRIED TOTAL725
POPULATION2,331
SINGLE F731
SINGLE M716
SINGLE TOTAL1,447
UNINHABITED3
WIDOWED F128
WIDOWED M31
WIDOWED TOTAL159

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. 4, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/halifax-ward-quartier-no-4-ns196004-1871/.