Rothesay, VL, New Brunswick (1921 census)
Rothesay, VL was a village in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 489. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q240864. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.392°N, 65.985°W.
Population
In 1921, Rothesay, VL had a population of 489: 224 male and 265 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 Rothesay, 1911 (1.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Rothesay, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 489 total population, 265 females in the population, 229 females born in Canada, 224 males in the population, 202 males born in Canada, 29 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 15 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born outside the British Empire, 7 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 262 persons of British origin (English), 117 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 85 persons of British origin (Irish), 10 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of German origin, 2 persons of British origin (other). 1 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 308 Anglicans (Church of England), 66 Presbyterians, 40 Baptists, 38 Roman Catholics, 35 Methodists, 1 Adventists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Domville | 1842–1921 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB027018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB027018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q240864
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothesay,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothesay_(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). "Rothesay, VL, New Brunswick (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/rothesay-vl-nb027018-1921/.