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. Population density was 34.7 people per square mile.
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).
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 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of divorced females | 1 |
| Number of families | 159 |
| Number of females | 412 |
| Number of males | 385 |
| Number of married females | 130 |
| Number of married males | 141 |
| Number of single females | 240 |
| Number of single males | 236 |
| Number of widowed females | 41 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| POP F | 412 |
| POP M | 385 |
| POP TOT | 797 |
| Total population | 797 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 147 |
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| DIVORCED F | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 159 |
| HOUSES | 147 |
| MARRIED F | 130 |
| MARRIED M | 141 |
| SINGLE F | 240 |
| SINGLE M | 236 |
| WIDOWED F | 41 |
| WIDOWED M | 8 |
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/.