Arichat E. & Petit de Grat, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Name: Arichat E. & Petit de Grat (1921)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Arichat E. & Petit de Grat was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,749. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.501°N, 60.981°W.

Population

In 1921, Arichat E. & Petit de Grat had a population of 1,749: 906 male and 843 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 Arichat E., 1911 (56.2% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Petit de Grat, 1911 (43.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Arichat E. & Petit de Grat shared boundaries with:

Arichat

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,749 total population, 906 males in the population, 900 males born in Canada, 843 females in the population, 839 females born in Canada, 5 males born outside the British Empire, 2 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females 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 1,513 persons of French origin, 120 persons of British origin (English), 79 persons of British origin (Irish), 17 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 20 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,690 Roman Catholics, 59 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS018002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS018002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Arichat E. & Petit de Grat, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/arichat-e-petit-de-grat-ns018002-1921/.