Pictou, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Pictou was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,462. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1018711. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.700°N, 62.638°W.

Population

In 1871, Pictou had a population of 3,462: 1,691 male and 1,771 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 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Pictou, Town—Ville, 1881 (35.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Pictou, 1881 (64.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Pictou shared boundaries with:

• Cariboo
• Harwood Hill
• Little Harbour
• New Glasgow

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 3,462 total population, 1,771 females, 1,691 males, 1,046 married persons, 651 families, 526 married males, 520 married females, 159 widowed persons, 128 widowed females, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,257 single persons under 18, 1,134 single males under 18, 1,123 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 507 occupied houses, 501 inhabited houses, 23 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 5,625 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS200006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS200006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1018711
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou

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). "Pictou, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pictou-ns200006-1871/.