East River St. Marys, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
East River St. Marys was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 257. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5329280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.412°N, 62.220°W.
Population
In 1911, East River St. Marys had a population of 257: 137 male and 120 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 257 |
| 1921 | 214 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Garden of Eden, 1901 (71.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, East River St. Marys shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 257 total population, 137 males in the population, 120 females in the population, 90 single (never-married) males, 66 single (never-married) females, 54 families, 32 married males, 31 married females, 15 females with marital status not given, 11 males with marital status not given, 8 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 255 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 232 Presbyterians, 25 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 54 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS050011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5329280
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_River_St._Marys,_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). "East River St. Marys, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/east-river-st-marys-ns050011-1911/.