Pleasantville, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Pleasantville was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 739. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875759. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.465°N, 64.385°W.

Population

In 1911, Pleasantville had a population of 739: 393 male and 346 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, Pleasantville shared boundaries with:

• Blockhouse
• Conquerall Bank
• LaHave Island
• Mahone Bay Road
• Midville Branch
• Western Shore

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 739 total population, 393 males in the population, 346 females in the population, 247 single (never-married) males, 190 single (never-married) females, 157 families, 132 married females, 132 married males, 24 widowed females, 14 widowed males. 1,326 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 710 persons of German origin, 14 persons of British origin (Irish), 8 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 7 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 263 Anglicans (Church of England), 193 Baptists, 176 Methodists, 49 Presbyterians, 37 Lutherans, 20 Brethren, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 152 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS049030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS015034 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q14875759
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasantville,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Pleasantville, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pleasantville-ns049030-1911/.