Port Elgin, VL, New Brunswick (1921 census)

Name: Port Elgin, VL (1921)
Address: New Brunswick, CA

Port Elgin, VL was a village in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 600. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398345. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.044°N, 64.093°W.

Population

In 1921, Port Elgin, VL had a population of 600: 307 male and 293 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Westmorland, 1911 (1.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Port Elgin, VL shared boundaries with:

Westmorland

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 600 total population, 307 males in the population, 304 males born in Canada, 293 females in the population, 288 females born in Canada, 3 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females born outside the British Empire, 2 males born outside the British Empire, 1 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 381 persons of British origin (English), 174 persons of French origin, 21 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 13 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 189 Roman Catholics, 167 Presbyterians, 143 Methodists, 57 Baptists, 40 Anglicans (Church of England), 3 Lutherans, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: NB035013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB035013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q3398345
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Elgin,_New_Brunswick
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Elgin_(Nouveau-Brunswick)

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). "Port Elgin, VL, New Brunswick (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/port-elgin-vl-nb035013-1921/.