Advocate, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Advocate was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 950. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4686890. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.363°N, 64.789°W.
Population
In 1911, Advocate had a population of 950: 487 male and 463 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 950 |
| 1921 | 798 |
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 Polling district No. 33, 1901 (51.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Advocate shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 950 total population, 487 males in the population, 463 females in the population, 314 single (never-married) males, 262 single (never-married) females, 187 families, 162 married males, 160 married females, 39 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,598 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 933 persons of British origin (English), 4 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 12 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 494 Methodists, 327 Baptists, 50 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 37 Anglicans (Church of England), 23 Presbyterians, 11 Roman Catholics, 8 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 184 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS008001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4686890
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocate_Harbour
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). "Advocate, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/advocate-ns042001-1911/.