North Cape Island, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Name: North Cape Island (1901)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

North Cape Island was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.488°N, 65.592°W.

Population

In 1901, North Cape Island had a population of 1,026: 520 male and 506 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Centreville, 1911 (59.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, North Cape Island shared boundaries with:

Clark Harbour

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 1,026 total population, 520 males, 506 females, 329 single males, 285 single females, 217 families, 191 married females, 190 married males, 30 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 217 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS040009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS040009 — 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 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). "North Cape Island, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/north-cape-island-ns040009-1901/.