Clifton, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Clifton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 793. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5133140. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.296°N, 63.412°W.

Population

In 1911, Clifton had a population of 793: 425 male and 368 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Clifton shared boundaries with:

• Brookfield
• Lower Stewiacke

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 793 total population, 425 males in the population, 368 females in the population, 258 single (never-married) males, 193 single (never-married) females, 172 families, 151 married females, 151 married males, 24 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given. 887 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 284 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 240 persons of British origin (Irish), 228 persons of British origin (English), 11 persons of Swiss origin, 8 persons of French origin, 5 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 16 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 506 Presbyterians, 206 Baptists, 61 Anglicans (Church of England), 15 Methodists, 3 Roman Catholics, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 171 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS041004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS007004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5133140
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Clifton, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/clifton-ns041004-1911/.