Bridgewater, East—Est, Nova Scotia (1901 census)
Bridgewater, East—Est was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 797. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.404°N, 64.473°W.
Population
In 1901, Bridgewater, East—Est had a population of 797: 385 male and 412 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 was contained in Summerside, 1891 (91.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Bridgewater t-v, 1911 (77.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Bridgewater, East—Est shared boundaries with:
- Blockhouse
- Bridgewater, North—Nord
- Bridgewater, South—Sud
- Conquerall Bank
- Maders Cove
- Mahone Bay Road
- Midville Branch
- Upper LaHave
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 797 total population, 412 females, 385 males, 240 single females, 236 single males, 159 families, 141 married males, 130 married females, 41 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 147 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS037005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037005— 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 1901 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). "Bridgewater, East—Est, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/bridgewater-east-est-ns037005-1901/.