Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Ship Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 878. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7497927. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.770°N, 62.888°W.
Population
In 1911, Ship Harbour had a population of 878: 454 male and 424 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 856 |
| 1911 | 878 |
| 1921 | 799 |
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, Ship Harbour shared boundaries with:
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 878 total population, 454 males in the population, 424 females in the population, 306 single (never-married) males, 263 single (never-married) females, 160 families, 137 married females, 137 married males, 24 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 2 males with marital status not given. 856 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 361 persons of German origin, 198 persons of British origin (English), 163 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 103 persons of British origin (Irish), 52 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 402 Anglicans (Church of England), 255 Presbyterians, 179 Roman Catholics, 35 Baptists, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 154 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS045032— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011035— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7497927
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Harbour,_Nova_Scotia
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). "Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ship-harbour-ns045032-1911/.