Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Fort Lawrence was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 174. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5471488. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.884°N, 64.194°W.
Population
In 1911, Fort Lawrence had a population of 174: 88 male and 86 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 174 |
| 1921 | 155 |
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, Fort Lawrence shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 174 total population, 88 males in the population, 86 females in the population, 49 single (never-married) males, 46 single (never-married) females, 39 families, 34 married females, 34 married males, 5 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 1 females with marital status not given. 210 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 148 persons of British origin (English), 10 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9 persons of British origin (Irish), 2 persons of French origin, 1 persons of German origin. 4 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 103 Methodists, 38 Baptists, 17 Anglicans (Church of England), 10 Presbyterians, 6 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 39 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS008008_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5471488
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lawrence,_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). "Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/fort-lawrence-ns042008-1911/.