Maitland, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Maitland was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,763. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6737132. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.240°N, 63.536°W.

Population

In 1901, Maitland had a population of 1,763: 884 male and 879 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).

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 contained Five Mile River, 1891 (45.5% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained South Maitland, 1891 (18.1% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Selmah, 1891 (22.2% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Maitland, 1891 (14.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Maitland shared boundaries with:

• Gore
• Noel
• Shubenacadie

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 1,763 total population, 884 males, 879 females, 573 single males, 532 single females, 340 families, 280 married males, 277 married females, 70 widowed females, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 340 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS034008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS012006_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6737132
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitland,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitland_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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). "Maitland, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/maitland-ns034008-1901/.