Upper Stewiacke W-O, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Upper Stewiacke W-O was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 421. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.256°N, 62.958°W.
Population
In 1911, Upper Stewiacke W-O had a population of 421: 220 male and 201 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 542 |
| 1901 | 472 |
| 1911 | 421 |
| 1921 | 453 |
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, Upper Stewiacke W-O 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 421 total population, 220 males in the population, 201 females in the population, 129 single (never-married) males, 110 single (never-married) females, 96 families, 84 married males, 78 married females, 11 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 2 males with marital status not given. 472 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 357 persons of British origin (English), 39 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 23 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of French origin. 1 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 400 Presbyterians, 16 Baptists, 3 Methodists, 1 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 96 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS041022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS007022— 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). "Upper Stewiacke W-O, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/upper-stewiacke-w-o-ns041022-1911/.