Argyle Head, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Argyle Head was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 731. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.786°N, 65.792°W.
Population
In 1911, Argyle Head had a population of 731: 360 male and 371 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 contained Lower Argyle, 1901 (2.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Argyle Head shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 731 total population, 371 females in the population, 360 males in the population, 214 single (never-married) males, 202 single (never-married) females, 162 families, 141 married males, 138 married females, 31 widowed females, 5 widowed males. 596 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 663 persons of British origin (English), 68 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 645 Baptists, 74 Roman Catholics, 12 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 162 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS053002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS053002— 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 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). "Argyle Head, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/argyle-head-ns053002-1911/.