Plaster Cove, Nova Scotia (1871 census)
Plaster Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,213. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398356. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.708°N, 61.382°W.
Population
In 1871, Plaster Cove had a population of 2,213: 1,067 male and 1,146 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 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Plaster Cove shared boundaries with:
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 2,213 total population, 1,146 females, 1,067 males, 602 married persons, 336 families, 302 married females, 300 married males, 89 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,522 single persons under 18, 789 single females under 18, 733 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 335 occupied houses, 325 inhabited houses, 10 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 8 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 61,920 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS203001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS203001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3398356
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). "Plaster Cove, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/plaster-cove-ns203001-1871/.