Hillsburg, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Hillsburg was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,570. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.573°N, 65.666°W.

Population

In 1871, Hillsburg had a population of 1,570: 782 male and 788 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 (0.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Hillsburg, 1881 (60.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Smith Cove, 1881 (39.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Hillsburg shared boundaries with:

• Head of St. Mary’s
• Hessian Line
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,570 total population, 788 females, 782 males, 612 married persons, 312 families, 307 married females, 305 married males, 47 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 911 single persons under 18, 465 single males under 18, 446 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 307 occupied houses, 293 inhabited houses, 14 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 21,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS191006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS009009 — 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). "Hillsburg, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/hillsburg-ns191006-1871/.