Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Pleasant Bay was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 304. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3392170. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.788°N, 60.837°W.

Population

In 1901, Pleasant Bay had a population of 304: 161 male and 143 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Pleasant Bay shared boundaries with:

• Cheticamp
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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 304 total population, 161 males, 143 females, 107 single males, 85 single females, 55 families, 53 married females, 53 married males, 5 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 51 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS035014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS013013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3392170
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Bay,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Bay

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). "Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pleasant-bay-ns035014-1901/.