Sable Island, Nova Scotia (1871–1891)

Name: Sable Island
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Sable Island was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in 3 censuses between 1871 and 1891. Population grew substantially across the period (from 27 in 1871 to 58 in 1891).

Population trajectory across census years

Census year	Population	Page
1871	27	View 1871 detail →
1881	46	View 1881 detail →
1891	58	View 1891 detail →

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

Boundary lineage

Successors

later split into NO DATA in 1871
merged into NO DATA in 1901

Identifiers

Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS033007 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
Wikidata: not yet grounded.

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.