Brighton, New Brunswick (1921 census)

Brighton was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,770. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365787. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.331°N, 67.360°W.

Population

In 1921, Brighton had a population of 1,770: 921 male and 849 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 1921

In the 1921 census, Brighton shared boundaries with:

• Aberdeen
• Bright
• Douglas
• Hartland, T-V
• Northampton
• Peel
• Simonds
• Southampton
• Wakefield

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,770 total population, 921 males in the population, 890 males born in Canada, 849 females in the population, 813 females born in Canada, 22 females born outside the British Empire, 17 males born outside the British Empire, 14 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 14 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,346 persons of British origin (English), 208 persons of British origin (Irish), 182 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 15 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of Scandinavian origin, 7 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,594 Baptists, 54 Anglicans (Church of England), 40 Roman Catholics, 21 Presbyterians, 19 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 19 Methodists, 17 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Lutherans, 1 Adventists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB023002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB023002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365787
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Brighton

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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). "Brighton, New Brunswick (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/brighton-nb023002-1921/.