Pictou, T-V, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Pictou, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,179. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1018711. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.705°N, 62.688°W.

Population

In 1911, Pictou, T-V had a population of 3,179: 1,452 male and 1,727 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Pictou, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Caribou
• Hardwood Hill

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 3,179 total population, 1,727 females in the population, 1,452 males in the population, 1,062 single (never-married) females, 884 single (never-married) males, 699 families, 514 married females, 506 married males, 146 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 6 males with marital status not given, 4 females with marital status not given, 1 legally separated females. 3,235 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 1,898 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 574 persons of British origin (English), 366 persons of British origin (Irish), 218 persons of French origin, 43 persons of German origin, 16 persons of Swiss origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 3 persons of Chinese origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 1 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 1,539 Presbyterians, 820 Roman Catholics, 447 Anglicans (Church of England), 297 Methodists, 66 Baptists, 42 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 6 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 673 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS050034 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS016037 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1018711
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictou

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). "Pictou, T-V, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pictou-t-v-ns050034-1911/.