Lancaster, New Brunswick (1921 census)

Lancaster was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 7,301. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.228°N, 66.182°W.

Population

In 1921, Lancaster had a population of 7,301: 3,681 male and 3,620 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, Lancaster shared boundaries with:

• Musquash
• St. John, C
• Westfield

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 7,301 total population, 3,681 males in the population, 3,620 females in the population, 3,402 males born in Canada, 3,335 females born in Canada, 187 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 183 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 98 females born outside the British Empire, 96 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,001 persons of British origin (Irish), 2,301 persons of British origin (English), 1,116 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 612 persons of French origin, 57 persons of Dutch origin, 46 persons of Scandinavian origin, 43 persons of German origin, 41 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 5 persons of Finnish origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 14 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 9 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. 2 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: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,434 Roman Catholics, 1,470 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,361 Baptists, 1,025 Presbyterians, 824 Methodists, 92 Brethren, 29 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 14 Jews, 13 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 9 Lutherans, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 Congregationalists, 6 Disciples of Christ, 6 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Adventists, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB032001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB032001 — 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 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). "Lancaster, New Brunswick (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/lancaster-nb032001-1921/.