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Year: 1871  |  Province: Nova Scotia

Liverpool, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Liverpool was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,104. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.046°N, 64.785°W.

Population

In 1871, Liverpool had a population of 3,104: 1,491 male and 1,613 female residents. Population density was 28.0 people per square mile.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Liverpool shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (10 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families613
Number of females1,613
Number of males1,491
Number of married females536
Number of married males537
Number of married persons1,073
Number of widowed females95
Number of widowed males26
Number of widowed persons121
Total population3,104
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18982
Number of single males under 18928
Number of single persons under 181,910
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses under construction1
Number of inhabited houses553
Number of occupied houses553
Number of uninhabited houses22
Agriculture (11 variables)
VariableValue
BAR BU580
BWT BU18
CRN BU2
HAY AC614
HAY TONS1,018
OAT BU1,028
PEA BU21
POT AC97
POT BU10,978
RYE BU30
Total area (acres)48,000
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
VariableValue
AREA48,000
BEING BUILT1
BEN BU27
CD194
CSD2
FAMILIES613
FEMALE1,613
GRA BU3
HOUSES OCCUPIED553
INHABITED553
MALE1,491
MARRIED F536
MARRIED M537
MARRIED TOTAL1,073
POPULATION3,104
ROOT BU783
SINGLE F982
SINGLE M928
SINGLE TOTAL1,910
TUR BU765
UNINHABITED22
WIDOWED F95
WIDOWED M26
WIDOWED TOTAL121

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). "Liverpool, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/liverpool-ns194002-1871/.