Plympton, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Plympton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 710. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7205890. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.465°N, 65.877°W.
Population
In 1911, Plympton had a population of 710: 389 male and 321 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,850 |
| 1891 | 1,522 |
| 1901 | 819 |
| 1911 | 710 |
| 1921 | 725 |
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, Plympton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 710 total population, 389 males in the population, 321 females in the population, 248 single (never-married) males, 175 single (never-married) females, 133 married males, 132 married females, 130 families, 14 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 2 males with marital status not given. 819 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 520 persons of French origin, 168 persons of British origin (English), 16 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 576 Roman Catholics, 87 Baptists, 36 Methodists, 5 Presbyterians, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 128 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS043014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7205890
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plympton,_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). "Plympton, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/plympton-ns043014-1911/.