Port Mouton, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Port Mouton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 813. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.884°N, 64.886°W.

Population

In 1901, Port Mouton had a population of 813: 441 male and 372 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 Mouton shared boundaries with:

• Hunt Point
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• Sable River

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 813 total population, 441 males, 372 females, 274 single males, 182 single females, 168 families, 156 married females, 155 married males, 33 widowed females, 12 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: NS040030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS017010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3398384
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mouton,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mouton

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 Mouton, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-mouton-ns040030-1901/.