Port Medway, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Port Medway was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 790. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398376. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.134°N, 64.602°W.

Population

In 1901, Port Medway had a population of 790: 387 male and 403 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, Port Medway shared boundaries with:

• Beach Meadows
• Brooklyn
• Mill, VL
• Vogler Cove

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 790 total population, 403 females, 387 males, 233 single males, 225 single females, 165 families, 141 married males, 139 married females, 38 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 159 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS040029 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS017009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3398376
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Medway,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Medway

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). "Port Medway, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-medway-ns040029-1901/.