Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Little Bras d'Or was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 790. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.259°N, 60.298°W.

Population

In 1901, Little Bras d'Or had a population of 790: 402 male and 388 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, Little Bras d'Or shared boundaries with:

• Boularderie
• George River
• North Sydney, Town—Ville
• Sydney Mines, T-V

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 790 total population, 402 males, 388 females, 273 single males, 254 single females, 150 families, 121 married males, 117 married females, 17 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 148 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS028018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS006007_1891 — 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 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). "Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/little-bras-d-or-ns028018-1901/.