Sable Island, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Sable Island was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 27. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1336091. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.952°N, 59.945°W.

Population

In 1871, Sable Island had a population of 27: 14 male and 13 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 (0.1% share).

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 27 total population, 14 males, 13 females, 8 married persons, 5 families, 4 married females, 4 married males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 19 single persons under 18, 10 single males under 18, 9 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 5 inhabited houses, 5 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 16,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS196020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS033007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1336091

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). "Sable Island, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sable-island-ns196020-1871/.