Kingsport, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Kingsport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 708. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6413389. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.231°N, 64.368°W.

Population

In 1901, Kingsport had a population of 708: 364 male and 344 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 Canning, 1891 (23.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Canning, 1911 (32.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Kingsport shared boundaries with:

• Canning
• Scotsman Bay
• Sheffield Mills

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 708 total population, 364 males, 344 females, 239 single males, 215 single females, 126 families, 110 married males, 108 married females, 21 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 123 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS036016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS036016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6413389

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). "Kingsport, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kingsport-ns036016-1901/.