Kemptown, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Kemptown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 370. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6387158. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.485°N, 63.063°W.

Population

In 1871, Kemptown had a population of 370: 189 male and 181 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 (0.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Kemptown shared boundaries with:

• Earltown
• Mount Thorn
• New Larig
• Truro, T-V
• Upper Onslow
• West Branch River John

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 370 total population, 189 males, 181 females, 97 married persons, 60 families, 49 married females, 48 married males, 14 widowed persons, 7 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 259 single persons under 18, 134 single males under 18, 125 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 56 inhabited houses, 56 occupied houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 38,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS199008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS007009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6387158
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemptown,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Kemptown, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kemptown-ns199008-1871/.