Pictou, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1871–1921)
Pictou, Town—Ville was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in 6 censuses between 1871 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1018711, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from NO DATA in 1871
Descendant places
- later split into Pictou Island & Fisher's Grant in 1881
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,462 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 3,403 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 2,998 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 3,235 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 3,179 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 2,988 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| George Moir Johnston | 1817–1877 | died here |
| John William Dawson | 1820–1899 | born here |
| George Patterson | 1824–1897 | born here |
| George Mercer Dawson | 1849–1901 | born here |
| Robert Maclellan | 1849–1922 | died here |
| Edward Mortimer Macdonald Canadian politician (1865-1940) | 1865–1940 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016037— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q1018711
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.