Amherst, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Amherst, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 9,998. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q470594. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.823°N, 64.205°W.

Population

In 1921, Amherst, T-V had a population of 9,998: 4,901 male and 5,097 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, Amherst, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Amherst Head
• Fort Lawrence
• West Amherst

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 9,998 total population, 5,097 females in the population, 4,901 males in the population, 4,765 females born in Canada, 4,555 males born in Canada, 240 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 227 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 106 males born outside the British Empire, 105 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 4,990 persons of British origin (English), 2,013 persons of French origin, 1,659 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 860 persons of British origin (Irish), 46 persons of German origin, 36 persons of Syrian origin, 23 persons of British origin (other), 17 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 9 persons of Scandinavian origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Greek origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 283 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. 18 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,842 Roman Catholics, 2,485 Baptists, 1,767 Methodists, 1,437 Presbyterians, 1,258 Anglicans (Church of England), 122 Salvation Army adherents, 41 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 18 Jews, 16 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 Congregationalists, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS008030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS008030 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q470594
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)

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). "Amherst, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/amherst-t-v-ns008030-1921/.