Granville, Lower, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Granville, Lower was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 862. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.715°N, 65.683°W.
Population
In 1911, Granville, Lower had a population of 862: 435 male and 427 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 923 |
| 1901 | 842 |
| 1911 | 862 |
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, Granville, Lower shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 862 total population, 435 males in the population, 427 females in the population, 244 single (never-married) males, 213 single (never-married) females, 210 families, 178 married males, 175 married females, 39 widowed females, 13 widowed males. 842 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 735 persons of British origin (English), 19 persons of French origin, 9 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of German origin. 86 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. 9 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 641 Baptists, 94 Methodists, 73 Anglicans (Church of England), 31 Adventists, 21 Roman Catholics, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 197 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS037010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS037010_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Granville, Lower, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/granville-lower-ns037010-1911/.