Hantsport, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Hantsport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 686. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q660265. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.052°N, 64.183°W.

Population

In 1911, Hantsport had a population of 686: 333 male and 353 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, Hantsport shared boundaries with:

• Falmouth

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 686 total population, 353 females in the population, 333 males in the population, 187 single (never-married) females, 185 single (never-married) males, 143 families, 128 married females, 126 married males, 38 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 6 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced males. 713 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 655 persons of British origin (English), 15 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 6 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 297 Baptists, 203 Methodists, 101 Anglicans (Church of England), 75 Presbyterians, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Roman Catholics, 2 Adventists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 141 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS046018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS012018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q660265
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantsport
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantsport

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). "Hantsport, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/hantsport-ns046018-1911/.