Merrigomish, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Merrigomish was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,740. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.548°N, 62.411°W.

Population

In 1871, Merrigomish had a population of 1,740: 856 male and 884 female residents.

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).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained French River, 1881 (55.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Merigomish, 1881 (44.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Merrigomish shared boundaries with:

• Barney River
• East Branch of East River
• Little Harbour
• McLellans Mountain
• St. Mary’s

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 1,740 total population, 884 females, 856 males, 464 married persons, 278 families, 233 married males, 231 married females, 67 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,209 single persons under 18, 607 single females under 18, 602 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 277 occupied houses, 274 inhabited houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 38,250 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS200020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS200020 — 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). "Merrigomish, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/merrigomish-ns200020-1871/.