Sydney Mines, T-V, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Sydney Mines, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 7,470. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7660041. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.236°N, 60.243°W.

Population

In 1911, Sydney Mines, T-V had a population of 7,470: 3,955 male and 3,515 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Sydney Mines, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Little Bras d'Or
• North Sydney, T-V

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 7,470 total population, 3,955 males in the population, 3,515 females in the population, 2,566 single (never-married) males, 2,140 single (never-married) females, 1,398 families, 1,320 married males, 1,251 married females, 121 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 12 males with marital status not given, 3 females with marital status not given. 3,191 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 3,307 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2,484 persons of British origin (English), 919 persons of British origin (Irish), 242 persons of French origin, 104 persons of German origin, 91 persons of Italian origin, 76 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 41 persons of Russian origin, 36 persons of British origin (other), 18 persons of Belgian origin, 14 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of Chinese origin. 16 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 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 3,100 Roman Catholics, 2,050 Presbyterians, 1,054 Anglicans (Church of England), 763 Methodists, 285 Baptists, 106 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 97 Salvation Army adherents, 43 Brethren, 43 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 16 Jews, 11 Congregationalists, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,281 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS039027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS006010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7660041
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Mines

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). "Sydney Mines, T-V, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sydney-mines-t-v-ns039027-1911/.