Pubnico Head, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Pubnico Head was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 783. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.668°N, 65.714°W.
Population
In 1911, Pubnico Head had a population of 783: 410 male and 373 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,091 |
| 1901 | 911 |
| 1911 | 783 |
| 1921 | 601 |
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, Pubnico Head shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 783 total population, 410 males in the population, 373 females in the population, 241 single (never-married) males, 202 single (never-married) females, 156 families, 152 married males, 147 married females, 24 widowed females, 17 widowed males. 601 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 765 persons of British origin (English), 8 persons of French origin, 2 persons of British origin (Irish). 8 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 736 Baptists, 29 Roman Catholics, 13 Methodists, 3 Congregationalists, 2 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 156 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS053015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS021015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Pubnico Head, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pubnico-head-ns053015-1911/.