Port Mouton, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Port Mouton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 829. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.884°N, 64.886°W.

Population

In 1871, Port Mouton had a population of 829: 420 male and 409 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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, Port Mouton shared boundaries with:

• Liverpool, T-V
• Louis Head
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 829 total population, 420 males, 409 females, 287 married persons, 148 families, 144 married females, 143 married males, 31 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 511 single persons under 18, 267 single males under 18, 244 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 141 inhabited houses, 141 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 117,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS194001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS017010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3398384
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mouton,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mouton

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). "Port Mouton, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-mouton-ns194001-1871/.