Goshen, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Goshen was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 337. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5587246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.352°N, 62.015°W.

Population

In 1911, Goshen had a population of 337: 194 male and 143 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, Goshen shared boundaries with:

• Country Harbour
• East River St. Marys
• Forks
• Lake Dale
• Lochaber
• Upper South River

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 337 total population, 194 males in the population, 143 females in the population, 121 single (never-married) males, 90 families, 72 single (never-married) females, 59 married males, 55 married females, 16 widowed females, 14 widowed males. 390 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 247 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 41 persons of British origin (Irish), 40 persons of British origin (English), 8 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 210 Presbyterians, 80 Baptists, 33 Roman Catholics, 6 Methodists, 5 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 90 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS044007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS010007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5587246
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goshen,_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). "Goshen, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/goshen-ns044007-1911/.