Port Mouton, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Port Mouton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 897. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.884°N, 64.886°W.

Population

In 1911, Port Mouton had a population of 897: 478 male and 419 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, Port Mouton shared boundaries with:

• Hunt Point
• NO DATA
• Sable River

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 897 total population, 478 males in the population, 419 females in the population, 290 single (never-married) males, 217 single (never-married) females, 191 families, 177 married females, 175 married males, 23 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 1 divorced females, 1 legally separated females. 813 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 312 persons of German origin, 272 persons of British origin (English), 250 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 36 persons of French origin, 21 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 468 Methodists, 307 Baptists, 62 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 32 Anglicans (Church of England), 20 Roman Catholics, 7 Presbyterians, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 184 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS052023 — 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 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). "Port Mouton, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-mouton-ns052023-1911/.