Westport, Nova Scotia (1911 census)

Westport was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 652. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7989577. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.256°N, 66.365°W.

Population

In 1911, Westport had a population of 652: 333 male and 319 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, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 652 total population, 333 males in the population, 319 females in the population, 175 single (never-married) males, 163 families, 159 single (never-married) females, 142 married males, 138 married females, 22 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 legally separated males. 724 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 643 persons of British origin (English), 4 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 3 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 381 Baptists, 209 Disciples of Christ, 14 Anglicans (Church of England), 10 Methodists, 3 Roman Catholics, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Presbyterians, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 161 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS043021 — 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 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). "Westport, Nova Scotia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/westport-ns043021-1911/.