New Tusket, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
New Tusket was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 621. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.245°N, 65.872°W.
Population
In 1911, New Tusket had a population of 621: 309 male and 312 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 419 |
| 1881 | 537 |
| 1891 | 563 |
| 1901 | 612 |
| 1911 | 621 |
| 1921 | 540 |
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, New Tusket shared boundaries with:
- Carleton
- Cheticamp
- Church Point
- Grosses Coques
- Kemptville
- Meteghan
- Meteghan River
- NO DATA
- Salmon River
- St. Bernard
- Weymouth
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 612 |
| POP F | 312 |
| POP M | 309 |
| POP TOT | 621 |
Other recorded variables (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 1 |
| BAPTISTS | 327 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 157 |
| BRIT IRISH | 111 |
| BRIT OTHER | 3 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 15 |
| DISCIPLES | 8 |
| DWELLINGS | 111 |
| F MARRIED | 111 |
| F SINGLE | 187 |
| F WIDOWED | 14 |
| FAMILIES | 113 |
| FRENCH | 297 |
| GERMAN | 37 |
| M MARRIED | 111 |
| M NOT GIVEN | 1 |
| M SINGLE | 189 |
| M WIDOWED | 8 |
| METHODISTS | 2 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 4 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 278 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS043013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009015— 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 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). "New Tusket, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-tusket-ns043013-1911/.