Westport, Nova Scotia (1901 census)

Westport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 724. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7989577. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.256°N, 66.365°W.

Population

In 1901, Westport had a population of 724: 365 male and 359 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).

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 724 total population, 365 males, 359 females, 210 single males, 187 single females, 169 families, 140 married females, 139 married males, 32 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 161 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS031022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS009024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7989577
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Westport, Nova Scotia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/westport-ns031022-1901/.