St. Andrews, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
St. Andrews was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 784. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.533°N, 61.847°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Andrews had a population of 784: 368 male and 416 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 988 |
| 1911 | 784 |
| 1921 | 797 |
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, St. Andrews shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 784 total population, 416 females in the population, 368 males in the population, 267 single (never-married) females, 253 single (never-married) males, 181 families, 102 married females, 95 married males, 47 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. 988 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 722 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 46 persons of British origin (Irish), 12 persons of British origin (English), 3 persons of French origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 776 Roman Catholics, 3 Anglicans (Church of England), 3 Presbyterians, 1 Baptists, 1 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 181 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS038013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS005012— 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). "St. Andrews, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-andrews-ns038013-1911/.