Bailey Brook, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Bailey Brook was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 533. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4848338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.645°N, 62.253°W.
Population
In 1911, Bailey Brook had a population of 533: 258 male and 275 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 887 |
| 1901 | 735 |
| 1911 | 533 |
| 1921 | 496 |
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 Bailey Brook, 1901 (91.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Bailey Brook shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 533 total population, 275 females in the population, 258 males in the population, 185 single (never-married) males, 177 single (never-married) females, 113 families, 65 married females, 65 married males, 33 widowed females, 8 widowed males. 735 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 510 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 12 persons of British origin (English), 6 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of French origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 394 Roman Catholics, 115 Presbyterians, 20 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Methodists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Baptists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 113 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS050002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016002_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4848338
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_Brook,_Nova_Scotia
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). "Bailey Brook, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bailey-brook-ns050002-1911/.