Canard, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Canard was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 468. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936143. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.137°N, 64.438°W.
Population
In 1911, Canard had a population of 468: 249 male and 219 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,446 |
| 1881 | 1,429 |
| 1891 | 1,296 |
| 1901 | 502 |
| 1911 | 468 |
| 1921 | 422 |
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, Canard 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 468 total population, 249 males in the population, 219 females in the population, 145 single (never-married) males, 118 single (never-married) females, 99 families, 94 married males, 85 married females, 16 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 439 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 26 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 290 Baptists, 77 Methodists, 44 Anglicans (Church of England), 20 Presbyterians, 20 Roman Catholics, 13 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Adventists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 95 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS048003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014003_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2936143
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canard,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canard_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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). "Canard, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/canard-ns048003-1911/.