Ragged Island, Nova Scotia (1871 census)
Ragged Island was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,579. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.782°N, 65.149°W.
Population
In 1871, Ragged Island had a population of 1,579: 821 male and 758 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).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Jordan River, 1881 (90.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lockeport, 1881 (9.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Ragged Island 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 1,579 total population, 821 males, 758 females, 509 married persons, 260 families, 255 married males, 254 married females, 42 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,028 single persons under 18, 555 single males under 18, 473 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 260 occupied houses, 257 inhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 28,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS193007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS193007— 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). "Ragged Island, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ragged-island-ns193007-1871/.