Kemptown, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Kemptown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 236. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6387158. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.485°N, 63.063°W.

Population

In 1901, Kemptown had a population of 236: 142 male and 94 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Kemptown shared boundaries with:

• Earltown
• Mount Thom
• New Larig
• North River
• River John, West Branch—Branche Ouest
• Salmon River

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 236 total population, 142 males, 96 single males, 94 females, 54 families, 41 married females, 41 single females, 40 married males, 12 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 53 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS029008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS007009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6387158
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemptown,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Kemptown, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kemptown-ns029008-1901/.