Ball Creek, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Ball Creek was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,022. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4851932. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.117°N, 60.291°W.
Population
In 1911, Ball Creek had a population of 1,022: 540 male and 482 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 892 |
| 1911 | 1,022 |
| 1921 | 1,469 |
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, Ball Creek 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 1,022 total population, 540 males in the population, 482 females in the population, 361 single (never-married) males, 274 single (never-married) females, 220 families, 164 married males, 162 married females, 46 widowed females, 15 widowed males. 892 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 482 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 415 persons of British origin (English), 57 persons of French origin, 48 persons of British origin (Irish), 16 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 362 Anglicans (Church of England), 329 Presbyterians, 229 Roman Catholics, 89 Baptists, 11 Methodists, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 218 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS040002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4851932
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balls_Creek
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). "Ball Creek, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ball-creek-ns040002-1911/.