Caribou Mines, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Caribou Mines was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 211. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.984°N, 63.107°W.

Population

In 1921, Caribou Mines had a population of 211: 114 male and 97 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 Middle Musquodoboit, 1911 (65.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Caribou Mines shared boundaries with:

• Gays River
• Little River
• Meagher Grant
• Middle Musquodoboit
• Musquodoboit Harbour
• Musquodoboit Upper
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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 211 total population, 114 males in the population, 112 males born in Canada, 97 females in the population, 96 females born in Canada, 2 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 82 persons of British origin (English), 82 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 34 persons of British origin (Irish), 12 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 80 Methodists, 69 Presbyterians, 49 Anglicans (Church of England), 13 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS011020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS011020 — 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). "Caribou Mines, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/caribou-mines-ns011020-1921/.