Plaster, Nova Scotia (1871 census)
Plaster was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 640. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.493°N, 60.471°W.
Population
In 1871, Plaster had a population of 640: 322 male and 318 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Plaster shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 640 total population, 322 males, 318 females, 180 married persons, 95 families, 90 married females, 90 married males, 10 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 450 single persons under 18, 231 single males under 18, 219 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 95 inhabited houses, 95 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 110,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS204009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS204009— 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). "Plaster, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/plaster-ns204009-1871/.