Baker Settlement, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Baker Settlement was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 815. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.436°N, 64.798°W.

Population

In 1911, Baker Settlement had a population of 815: 428 male and 387 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Baker Settlement shared boundaries with:

• Brookfield
• Chester Basin
• Greenfield
• Italy Cross
• New Cornwall
• Petite Rivière
• Springfield
• Waterloo

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 815 total population, 428 males in the population, 387 females in the population, 281 single (never-married) males, 234 single (never-married) females, 149 families, 140 married females, 138 married males, 13 widowed females, 9 widowed males. 855 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 681 persons of German origin, 46 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 41 persons of British origin (English), 23 persons of British origin (Irish), 16 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 308 Lutherans, 237 Congregationalists, 117 Baptists, 55 Methodists, 42 Presbyterians, 34 Anglicans (Church of England), 12 Roman Catholics, 10 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 8 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 149 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS049001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS015001 — 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). "Baker Settlement, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/baker-settlement-ns049001-1911/.