Centreville, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Centreville was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,140. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5062716. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.506°N, 65.603°W.

Population

In 1911, Centreville had a population of 1,140: 583 male and 557 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 contained North Cape Island, 1901 (59.4% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Doctor Cove, 1901 (40.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Centreville shared boundaries with:

• Barrington Head
• Clark Harbour
• Shag Harbour
• Woods Harbour

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,140 total population, 583 males in the population, 557 females in the population, 375 single (never-married) males, 321 single (never-married) females, 228 families, 200 married females, 200 married males, 36 widowed females, 8 widowed males. 1,026 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 959 persons of British origin (English), 82 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 61 persons of British origin (Irish), 10 persons of French origin, 9 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of German origin. 15 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 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. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 940 Baptists, 135 Adventists, 15 Anglicans (Church of England), 15 Jews, 11 Salvation Army adherents, 10 Presbyterians, 8 Roman Catholics, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Methodists, 1 Lutherans, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 192 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS052006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS052006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5062716

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). "Centreville, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/centreville-ns052006-1911/.