Herring Cove, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Herring Cove was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 380. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5744092. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.561°N, 63.577°W.

Population

In 1911, Herring Cove had a population of 380: 213 male and 167 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, Herring Cove shared boundaries with:

• Ferguson Cove
• Portuguese Cove
• Sambro
• Spryfield

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 380 total population, 213 males in the population, 167 females in the population, 153 single (never-married) males, 108 single (never-married) females, 75 families, 48 married females, 47 married males, 13 widowed males, 11 widowed females. 438 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 136 persons of British origin (Irish), 132 persons of British origin (English), 45 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 32 persons of French origin, 27 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 269 Roman Catholics, 111 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 75 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS045013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS011013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5744092
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring_Cove

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). "Herring Cove, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/herring-cove-ns045013-1911/.