Windsor, T-V, Nova Scotia (1871–1921)
Windsor, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in 5 censuses between 1871 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1973829, 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
- incorporates territory from Curry's Corner in 1901
- incorporates territory from Windsor (Court House) in 1901
Descendant places
- later split into Windsor (Court House) in 1891
- later split into Curry's Corner in 1891
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,715 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 3,019 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1901 | 3,398 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 3,452 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 3,591 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 11 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Christie | 1787–1856 | born here |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton | 1796–1865 | born here |
| Lewis Morris Wilkins | 1801–1885 | died here |
| Susanna Lucy Anne Haliburton | 1817–1899 | born here |
| Henry Youle Hind | 1823–1908 | died here |
| Amor De Cosmos | 1825–1897 | born here |
| Henry How | 1828–1879 | died here |
| Robert Grant Haliburton | 1831–1901 | born here |
| William Anderson Black | 1847–1934 | born here |
| Charles Frederick Fraser | 1850–1925 | born here |
| James Cuppaidge Cochran | d. 1880 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS012019— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q1973829
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_(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.