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 |
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 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 621 total population, 312 females in the population, 309 males in the population, 189 single (never-married) males, 187 single (never-married) females, 113 families, 111 married females, 111 married males, 14 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. 612 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 297 persons of French origin, 157 persons of British origin (English), 111 persons of British origin (Irish), 37 persons of German origin, 15 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 3 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 327 Baptists, 278 Roman Catholics, 8 Disciples of Christ, 4 Presbyterians, 2 Methodists, 1 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 111 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS043013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS043013— 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/.