Chester W-O, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Chester W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,096. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.657°N, 64.191°W.
Population
In 1911, Chester W-O had a population of 1,096: 528 male and 568 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Chester W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,096 total population, 568 females in the population, 528 males in the population, 347 single (never-married) females, 323 single (never-married) males, 220 families, 195 married males, 189 married females, 32 widowed females, 10 widowed males. 832 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 542 persons of German origin, 210 persons of British origin (English), 138 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 86 persons of French origin, 71 persons of British origin (Irish), 43 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 570 Anglicans (Church of England), 439 Baptists, 44 Methodists, 25 Roman Catholics, 12 Lutherans, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Presbyterians, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 206 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS049009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS049009— 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 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). "Chester W-O, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/chester-w-o-ns049009-1911/.