Hopewell, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Hopewell was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 634. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.434°N, 62.743°W.
Population
In 1911, Hopewell had a population of 634: 286 male and 348 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,905 |
| 1881 | 2,408 |
| 1901 | 598 |
| 1911 | 634 |
| 1921 | 647 |
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, Hopewell shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 634 total population, 348 females in the population, 286 males in the population, 198 single (never-married) females, 160 single (never-married) males, 141 families, 106 married males, 104 married females, 25 widowed females, 21 females with marital status not given, 13 males with marital status not given, 7 widowed males. 598 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 436 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 180 persons of British origin (English), 9 persons of British origin (Irish), 3 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 552 Presbyterians, 33 Baptists, 16 Methodists, 15 Roman Catholics, 8 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 140 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS050017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016018— 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). "Hopewell, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/hopewell-ns050017-1911/.