East River St. Marys, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
East River St. Marys was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 214. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5329280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.412°N, 62.220°W.
Population
In 1921, East River St. Marys had a population of 214: 114 male and 100 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 257 |
| 1921 | 214 |
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, East River St. Marys shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 214 total population, 114 males in the population, 113 males born in Canada, 100 females in the population, 96 females born in Canada, 3 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire, 1 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 196 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 7 persons of British origin (English), 5 persons of British origin (Irish), 3 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Dutch origin. 1 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 176 Presbyterians, 32 Roman Catholics, 5 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS016011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5329280
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_River_St._Marys,_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). "East River St. Marys, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/east-river-st-marys-ns016011-1921/.