Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Upper Musquodoboit was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,078. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7898814. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.132°N, 62.938°W.

Population

In 1871, Upper Musquodoboit had a population of 1,078: 543 male and 535 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 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Upper Musquodoboit shared boundaries with:

• Middle Musquodoboit
• NO DATA
• Upper Stewiacke

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 1,078 total population, 543 males, 535 females, 335 married persons, 191 families, 168 married males, 167 married females, 30 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 713 single persons under 18, 366 single males under 18, 347 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 183 occupied houses, 180 inhabited houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 205,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS197014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS045038 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7898814

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). "Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/upper-musquodoboit-ns197014-1871/.