French Village, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
French Village was a village in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 832. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5501952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.696°N, 63.819°W.
Population
In 1911, French Village had a population of 832: 450 male and 382 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 668 |
| 1881 | 759 |
| 1901 | 827 |
| 1911 | 832 |
| 1921 | 761 |
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, French Village shared boundaries with:
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 832 total population, 450 males in the population, 382 females in the population, 293 single (never-married) males, 221 single (never-married) females, 162 families, 141 married males, 138 married females, 21 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 4 males with marital status not given, 2 females with marital status not given. 827 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 288 persons of French origin, 235 persons of German origin, 216 persons of British origin (English), 19 persons of British origin (Irish), 15 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 6 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 540 Anglicans (Church of England), 119 Baptists, 78 Methodists, 63 Adventists, 51 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 16 Roman Catholics, 4 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 152 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS045009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5501952
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Village,_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). "French Village, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/french-village-ns045009-1911/.