Stellarton (part), Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Stellarton (part) was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,422. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3498168. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.558°N, 62.673°W.

Population

In 1901, Stellarton (part) had a population of 1,422: 745 male and 677 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Stellarton, T-V, 1891 (70.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Westville, T-V, 1911 (45.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Stellarton (part) shared boundaries with:

• Abercrombie
• Albion Mines (Stellarton, part)
• Churchville
• Drummond Mines (Westville, part)
• Ferrona
• Westville (part)

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 1,422 total population, 745 males, 677 females, 497 single males, 417 single females, 264 families, 259 married females, 247 married males, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 254 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS038031 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS038031 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3498168
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarton
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarton

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Stellarton (part), Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/stellarton-part-ns038031-1901/.