Greenwood, Nova Scotia (1901 census)
Greenwood was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 502. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5604945. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.993°N, 64.881°W.
Population
In 1901, Greenwood had a population of 502: 249 male and 253 female residents.
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 Aylesford S, 1891 (26.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Greenwood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 502 total population, 253 females, 249 males, 128 single males, 124 single females, 123 families, 116 married males, 111 married females, 18 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 115 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS036013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS036013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5604945
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Greenwood, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/greenwood-ns036013-1901/.