St. John, C, New Brunswick (1921 census)

St. John, C was a city in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 47,166. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q203403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.297°N, 66.073°W.

Population

In 1921, St. John, C had a population of 47,166: 22,402 male and 24,764 female residents. Population density was 3190.7 people per square mile.

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 contained St. John City, Kings ward-quartier, 1911 (1.1% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John, Sydney, Ward—Quartier, 1911 (1.7% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Dukes ward-quartier, 1911 (1.0% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Queens ward-quartier, 1911 (1.1% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier, 1911 (0.9% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier, 1911 (1.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Lansdowne ward-quartier, 1911 (2.9% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Dufferin ward-quartier, 1911 (3.2% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier, 1911 (5.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier, 1911 (2.6% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier, 1911 (73.5% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Brooks ward-quartier, 1911 (2.9% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. John City, Guys ward-quartier, 1911 (1.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, St. John, C shared boundaries with:

• Lancaster
• Simonds

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB032005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB032005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q203403
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean_(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). "St. John, C, New Brunswick (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-c-nb032005-1921/.