St. Joseph, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,081. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.755°N, 61.289°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Joseph had a population of 1,081: 519 male and 562 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,092 |
| 1911 | 1,081 |
| 1921 | 1,065 |
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. Joseph shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,081 total population, 562 females in the population, 519 males in the population, 371 single (never-married) females, 341 single (never-married) males, 162 married males, 157 married females, 148 families, 32 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given. 970 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 1,066 persons of French origin, 11 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 4 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,077 Roman Catholics, 4 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 148 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS047019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS013019— 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. Joseph, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-joseph-ns047019-1911/.