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Shelburn, Town—Ville, Nova Scotia (1871–1881)
Shelburn, Town—Ville was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in 2 censuses between 1871 and 1881. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1693101, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from NO DATA in 1871
Descendant places
- later split into Shelburne, T-V in 1891
- later split into Jordan Bay in 1891
- later split into Sandy Point in 1891
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,789 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 2,055 | View 1881 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013003— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q1693101
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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.