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/.