Polling district No. 6, Nova Scotia (1901 census)
Polling district No. 6 was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 881. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.699°N, 64.241°W.
Population
In 1901, Polling district No. 6 had a population of 881: 451 male and 430 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 Maccan, 1891 (47.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Chignecto Mines, 1911 (68.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Nappan, 1911 (31.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Polling district No. 6 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 881 total population, 451 males, 430 females, 282 single males, 257 single females, 173 families, 162 married males, 149 married females, 24 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 172 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS030004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS030004— 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 1901 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). "Polling district No. 6, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-6-ns030004-1901/.