Abercrombie, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Abercrombie was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 511. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4666820. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.607°N, 62.705°W.
Population
In 1911, Abercrombie had a population of 511: 260 male and 251 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 429 |
| 1901 | 435 |
| 1911 | 511 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Abercrombie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 511 total population, 260 males in the population, 251 females in the population, 175 single (never-married) males, 156 single (never-married) females, 96 families, 80 married males, 79 married females, 16 widowed females, 5 widowed males. 435 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 263 persons of British origin (English), 193 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 31 persons of British origin (Irish), 5 persons of French origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Belgian origin, 4 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 369 Presbyterians, 54 Roman Catholics, 32 Methodists, 30 Baptists, 8 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 96 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS050001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS050001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4666820
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Abercrombie, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/abercrombie-ns050001-1911/.