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. Population density was 2.9 people per square mile.
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
- NO DATA
- Upper Musquodoboit
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 97 |
| POP M | 114 |
| POP TOT | 211 |
Other recorded variables (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 49 |
| BRIT BORN M | 2 |
| BRIT ENG | 82 |
| BRIT IRISH | 34 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 82 |
| CAN BORN F | 96 |
| CAN BORN M | 112 |
| EUR DUTCH | 1 |
| EUR GERMAN | 12 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 1 |
| METHODISTS | 80 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 69 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 13 |
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/.