St. Bernard, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
St. Bernard was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,253. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7587291. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.379°N, 65.938°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Bernard had a population of 1,253: 652 male and 601 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,125 |
| 1891 | 1,240 |
| 1901 | 1,296 |
| 1911 | 1,253 |
| 1921 | 1,368 |
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. Bernard shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,253 total population, 652 males in the population, 601 females in the population, 407 single (never-married) males, 353 single (never-married) females, 248 families, 220 married females, 220 married males, 27 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 1 females with marital status not given. 1,296 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 941 persons of French origin, 201 persons of British origin (English), 25 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of German origin. 72 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. 13 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,052 Roman Catholics, 169 Baptists, 21 Anglicans (Church of England), 10 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 234 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS043019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7587291
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bernard,_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). "St. Bernard, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-bernard-ns043019-1911/.