Pugwash, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Pugwash was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 733. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.842°N, 63.616°W.
Population
In 1911, Pugwash had a population of 733: 364 male and 369 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,199 |
| 1881 | 2,279 |
| 1891 | 2,160 |
| 1911 | 733 |
| 1921 | 914 |
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, Pugwash shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 733 total population, 369 females in the population, 364 males in the population, 193 single (never-married) males, 186 families, 186 single (never-married) females, 156 married females, 154 married males, 27 widowed females, 17 widowed males. 850 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 379 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 241 persons of British origin (English), 59 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of German origin, 10 persons of French origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 324 Presbyterians, 189 Methodists, 99 Baptists, 56 Roman Catholics, 54 Anglicans (Church of England), 19 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 10 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (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:
NS042016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS008016_1911— 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). "Pugwash, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/pugwash-ns042016-1911/.