Horton, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Horton was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,263. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.038°N, 64.359°W.

Population

In 1921, Horton had a population of 4,263: 2,241 male and 2,022 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, Horton shared boundaries with:

• Falmouth
• Indian reserves
• Kentville, T-V
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• Port Williams
• Sheffield Mills
• Wolfville, T-V

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,263 total population, 2,241 males in the population, 2,149 males born in Canada, 2,022 females in the population, 1,900 females born in Canada, 74 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 65 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 48 females born outside the British Empire, 27 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,616 persons of British origin (English), 582 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 550 persons of British origin (Irish), 166 persons of Dutch origin, 157 persons of German origin, 66 persons of French origin, 44 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 9 persons of Scandinavian origin. 55 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. 3 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,537 Baptists, 634 Methodists, 608 Anglicans (Church of England), 243 Presbyterians, 180 Roman Catholics, 14 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 14 Disciples of Christ, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Congregationalists, 3 Lutherans, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS014008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS014008_1911 — 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). "Horton, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/horton-ns014008-1921/.