Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Shag Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 583. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q936655. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.513°N, 65.698°W.

Population

In 1911, Shag Harbour had a population of 583: 301 male and 282 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, Shag Harbour shared boundaries with:

• Centreville
• Woods Harbour

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 583 total population, 301 males in the population, 282 females in the population, 175 single (never-married) males, 141 single (never-married) females, 121 married females, 121 married males, 117 families, 20 widowed females, 3 widowed males, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given. 604 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 580 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 232 Baptists, 179 Methodists, 162 Adventists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Presbyterians, 1 Jews, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 102 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS052027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS019013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q936655
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour

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). "Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/shag-harbour-ns052027-1911/.