Medford, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Medford was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 584. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6805296. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.945°N, 64.523°W.

Population

In 1911, Medford had a population of 584: 313 male and 271 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 Canaan, 1901 (81.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Medford shared boundaries with:

• Cambridge
• Cornwallis
• Dalhousie
• Falmouth Forks
• Horton
• Oakland
• Sheffield Mills

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 584 total population, 313 males in the population, 271 females in the population, 191 single (never-married) males, 146 single (never-married) females, 125 families, 110 married males, 108 married females, 15 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 418 persons of British origin (English), 72 persons of British origin (Irish), 47 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 31 persons of German origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 7 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 250 Baptists, 123 Congregationalists, 67 Anglicans (Church of England), 42 Roman Catholics, 39 Methodists, 20 Presbyterians, 17 Adventists, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 119 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS048010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS048010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6805296

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). "Medford, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/medford-ns048010-1911/.