Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Bay St. Lawrence was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 421. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4874104. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.031°N, 60.417°W.
Population
In 1911, Bay St. Lawrence had a population of 421: 216 male and 205 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 419 |
| 1881 | 515 |
| 1891 | 618 |
| 1901 | 479 |
| 1911 | 421 |
| 1921 | 373 |
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, Bay St. Lawrence shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 479 |
| POP F | 205 |
| POP M | 216 |
| POP TOT | 421 |
Other recorded variables (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BRIT ENGLISH | 56 |
| BRIT IRISH | 83 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 268 |
| DWELLINGS | 73 |
| F MARRIED | 63 |
| F SINGLE | 129 |
| F WIDOWED | 13 |
| FAMILIES | 73 |
| FRENCH | 6 |
| GERMAN | 8 |
| M MARRIED | 63 |
| M SINGLE | 149 |
| M WIDOWED | 4 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 118 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 303 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS039003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS020003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4874104
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). "Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bay-st-lawrence-ns039003-1911/.