St. Mary’s, Nova Scotia (1871 census)
St. Mary’s was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 936. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.423°N, 62.246°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Mary’s had a population of 936: 497 male and 439 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 (0.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Garden of Eden, 1881 (56.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Mary’s shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 936 total population, 497 males, 439 females, 268 married persons, 154 families, 134 married females, 134 married males, 29 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 639 single persons under 18, 354 single males under 18, 285 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 154 inhabited houses, 154 occupied houses, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 90,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS200019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS200019— 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). "St. Mary’s, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-mary-s-ns200019-1871/.