Brooklin, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Name: Brooklin (1921)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Brooklin was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 425. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4974732. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.857°N, 66.062°W.

Population

In 1921, Brooklin had a population of 425: 196 male and 229 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 Rockville, 1911 (4.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Brooklin shared boundaries with:

Rockville

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 425 total population, 229 females in the population, 212 females born in Canada, 196 males in the population, 187 males born in Canada, 10 females born outside the British Empire, 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 males born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 199 persons of British origin (English), 61 persons of French origin, 29 persons of British origin (Irish), 20 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 97 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 293 Baptists, 61 Roman Catholics, 41 Methodists, 15 Presbyterians, 12 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Congregationalists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS021002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS021002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q4974732
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_Yarmouth_County,_Nova_Scotia

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). "Brooklin, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/brooklin-ns021002-1921/.