Halifax, C, Nova Scotia (1921–1921)
Halifax, C was a city in Nova Scotia, recorded in 1 census between 1921 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q3246744, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- incorporates territory from Halifax c., Ward No. 1 in 1921
- incorporates territory from Halifax c., Ward No. 2 in 1921
- incorporates territory from Halifax c., Ward No. 3 in 1921
- incorporates territory from Halifax c., Ward No. 4 in 1921
- incorporates territory from Halifax c., Ward No. 5 in 1921
- incorporates territory from Halifax c., Ward No. 6 in 1921
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 58,372 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 55 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Beckwith | 1789–1862 | born here |
| Sir Provo William Parry Wallis | 1791–1892 | born here |
| Sir Edward Belcher | 1799–1877 | born here |
| Sir William Young | 1799–1887 | died here |
| Edward Kenny | 1800–1891 | died here |
| William Annand | 1808–1887 | born here |
| Hugh William Hoyles | 1814–1888 | died here |
| Patrick Power | 1815–1881 | died here |
| William Johnston Almon | 1816–1901 | born and died here |
| Philip Carteret Hill | 1821–1894 | born here |
| Sandford Fleming | 1827–1915 | died here |
| Mary Jane Katzmann | 1828–1890 | died here |
| Simon Hugh Holmes Canadian politician (1831–1919) | 1831–1919 | died here |
| Major Theakston | 1833–1917 | died here |
| Samuel Edward Dawson | 1833–1916 | born here |
| Thomas Edward Kenny | 1833–1908 | born here |
| Alexander Anderson | 1836–1925 | died here |
| David Allison | 1836–1924 | died here |
| James Crosskill Mackintosh | 1839–1924 | died here |
| John A. Mackasey | 1840–1919 | died here |
| Richard L. Power | 1841–1934 | died here |
| John Forrest | 1842–1920 | died here |
| Samuel Manners Brookfield | 1847–1924 | died here |
| William Anderson Black | 1847–1934 | died here |
| John Fitzwilliam Stairs | 1848–1904 | born here |
| John Stewart | 1848–1933 | died here |
| Sir Wallace Nesbit Graham | 1848–1917 | died here |
| Benjamin Russell | 1849–1935 | died here |
| James Wilberforce Longley | 1849–1922 | died here |
| Charles Frederick Fraser | 1850–1925 | died here |
| Clarendon Lamb Worrell | 1853–1934 | died here |
| John Mackintosh | 1853–1923 | died here |
| Jerry Lonecloud | 1854–1930 | died here |
| Mary Ellen Braden | 1854–1939 | died here |
| George Everett Faulkner | 1855–1931 | died here |
| Thomas Stewart | 1855–1923 | died here |
| Eliza Ritchie | 1856–1933 | died here |
| George Woodhouse Culverwell Oland | 1856–1933 | died here |
| Elizabeth Maud Bates | 1859–1937 | died here |
| Alfred Dickie | 1860–1929 | died here |
| Hector McInnes | 1860–1937 | died here |
| Archibald MacMechan | 1862–1933 | died here |
| Humphrey Pickard Wolfgang Mellish | 1862–1937 | died here |
| Arthur Stanley Mackenzie | 1865–1938 | died here |
| Piers | 1866–1939 | died here |
| Clarence Dunlop Mackinnon | 1868–1937 | died here |
| Francis Hanrahan | 1870–1926 | died here |
| Lewis Piers Fairbanks | 1870–1940 | born and died here |
| Frank Stanfield | 1872–1931 | died here |
| William A. White | 1874–1936 | died here |
| George Frederick Pearson | 1876–1938 | died here |
| James Alexander Ross Kinney | 1879–1940 | died here |
| Edna May Williston Best | 1880–1923 | died here |
| George Parkin Grant | 1918–1988 | died here |
| Hiram Blanchard | d. 1874 | died here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011043— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q3246744
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Halifax,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_(ancienne_ville)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.