Goshen, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Goshen was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 292. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5587246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.352°N, 62.015°W.

Population

In 1921, Goshen had a population of 292: 173 male and 119 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Goshen shared boundaries with:

• Country Harbour
• East River St. Marys
• Glenelg (Forks)
• Lake Dale
• Lochaber
• South River, Upper

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 292 total population, 173 males in the population, 170 males born in Canada, 119 females in the population, 116 females born in Canada, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females born outside the British Empire, 1 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 178 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 42 persons of British origin (English), 35 persons of British origin (Irish), 27 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of French 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 159 Presbyterians, 73 Baptists, 33 Anglicans (Church of England), 24 Roman Catholics, 2 Methodists, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS010007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS010007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5587246
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goshen,_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). "Goshen, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/goshen-ns010007-1921/.