Long Point, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Long Point was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 783. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.782°N, 61.465°W.

Population

In 1901, Long Point had a population of 783: 379 male and 404 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 Port Hastings, 1891 (1.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Craignish, 1911 (2.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Long Point shared boundaries with:

• Craignish

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 783 total population, 404 females, 379 males, 264 single females, 254 single males, 123 families, 113 married males, 109 married females, 31 widowed females, 12 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: NS035009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS035009 — 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). "Long Point, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/long-point-ns035009-1901/.