River Philip, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
River Philip was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 967. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.625°N, 63.934°W.
Population
In 1911, River Philip had a population of 967: 499 male and 468 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,463 |
| 1881 | 2,974 |
| 1891 | 1,031 |
| 1911 | 967 |
| 1921 | 937 |
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, River Philip shared boundaries with:
- Doherty Creek
- Economy
- Five Islands
- Mansfield
- Middleboro
- Oxford, T-V
- Rodney
- Springhill, T-V
- Westchester
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 967 total population, 499 males in the population, 468 females in the population, 296 single (never-married) males, 252 single (never-married) females, 201 families, 187 married females, 186 married males, 29 widowed females, 17 widowed males. 956 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 734 persons of British origin (English), 108 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 80 persons of British origin (Irish), 16 persons of German origin, 14 persons of French origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 506 Methodists, 171 Baptists, 104 Presbyterians, 74 Anglicans (Church of England), 41 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 27 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 22 Adventists, 16 Roman Catholics, 5 Congregationalists, 1 Lutherans, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 196 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS008019— 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). "River Philip, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/river-philip-ns042020-1911/.