Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Mahone Bay was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 951. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1885050. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.210°N, 64.367°W.

Population

In 1911, Mahone Bay had a population of 951: 439 male and 512 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 1911

In the 1911 census, Mahone Bay shared boundaries with:

• Parks Creek

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 951 total population, 512 females in the population, 439 males in the population, 282 single (never-married) females, 249 single (never-married) males, 182 married females, 176 married males, 143 families, 48 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. 418 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 585 persons of German origin, 165 persons of French origin, 117 persons of British origin (English), 58 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 16 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of Greek origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 331 Anglicans (Church of England), 171 Methodists, 160 Lutherans, 154 Baptists, 124 Presbyterians, 9 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 139 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS049021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS015045 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1885050
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahone_Bay,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahone_Bay

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). "Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/mahone-bay-ns049021-1911/.