Wentworth, Nova Scotia (1871 census)

Wentworth was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,146. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7982993. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.647°N, 63.564°W.

Population

In 1871, Wentworth had a population of 1,146: 594 male and 552 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).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Wentworth, 1881 (81.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Wentworth shared boundaries with:

• New Annan
• Pugwash
• Tatamagouche
• Upper Londonderry
• Wallace
• Westchester

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,146 total population, 594 males, 552 females, 379 married persons, 201 families, 190 married females, 189 married males, 27 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 740 single persons under 18, 396 single males under 18, 344 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 192 inhabited houses, 192 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 51,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS198005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS008026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7982993
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Wentworth, Nova Scotia (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/wentworth-ns198005-1871/.