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.
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, Dukes ward-quartier, 1911 (1.0% 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).
- 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, Lansdowne ward-quartier, 1911 (2.9% share).
- 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, 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, 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, Victoria ward-quartier, 1911 (5.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. John, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 47,166 total population, 24,764 females in the population, 22,402 males in the population, 22,396 females born in Canada, 19,934 males born in Canada, 1,531 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,508 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 960 males born outside the British Empire, 837 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 23,241 persons of British origin (English), 13,333 persons of British origin (Irish), 5,892 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,601 persons of French origin, 329 persons of Scandinavian origin, 236 persons of Syrian origin, 225 persons of Dutch origin, 223 persons of British origin (other), 192 persons of German origin, 83 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 68 persons of Russian origin, 55 persons of other European origin, 46 persons of Italian origin, 30 persons of Greek origin, 29 persons of Austrian origin, 23 persons of Polish origin, 14 persons of Finnish origin, 8 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of other Asian origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 848 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 460 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. 11 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 14,419 Roman Catholics, 11,392 Anglicans (Church of England), 9,390 Baptists, 5,637 Methodists, 4,445 Presbyterians, 844 Jews, 236 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 217 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 212 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 186 Salvation Army adherents, 71 Brethren, 39 Adventists, 38 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 33 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 30 Disciples of Christ, 19 Lutherans, 13 Congregationalists, 11 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 16 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Frederic Matthew | 1837–1923 | born here |
| William Munson Jarvis | 1838–1921 | died here |
| John Culverwell Oland | 1849–1937 | died here |
| Warren Franklin Hatheway | 1850–1923 | born and died here |
| George McAvity | 1853–1933 | died here |
| Mary McDonald | 1853–1935 | died here |
| William Shives Fisher | 1854–1931 | died here |
| Albert Scott White | 1855–1931 | died here |
| Sir John Douglas Hazen | 1860–1937 | died here |
| Francis A. (Francis Alexander) Anglin | 1865–1933 | born here |
| Sibella Annie Barrington | 1867–1929 | died here |
| Édouard-Alfred Le Blanc | 1870–1935 | died here |
| Loretta Leonard Shaw | 1872–1940 | born and died here |
| James Edmund Tighe | 1878–1937 | died here |
| James Leonard Sugrue | 1883–1930 | died here |
| Charles Gorman | 1897–1940 | born and died here |
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/.