Kentville, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Kentville, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,717. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q992432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.070°N, 64.493°W.

Population

In 1921, Kentville, T-V had a population of 2,717: 1,359 male and 1,358 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, Kentville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Horton

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,717 total population, 1,359 males in the population, 1,358 females in the population, 1,250 females born in Canada, 1,217 males born in Canada, 102 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 77 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 40 males born outside the British Empire, 31 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,111 persons of British origin (English), 276 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 166 persons of British origin (Irish), 61 persons of French origin, 22 persons of German origin, 21 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Syrian origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 22 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 8 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 855 Baptists, 705 Anglicans (Church of England), 363 Presbyterians, 354 Roman Catholics, 346 Methodists, 35 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 22 Jews, 18 Salvation Army adherents, 14 Lutherans, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Adventists, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: NS014016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS014016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q992432
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentville

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). "Kentville, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/kentville-t-v-ns014016-1921/.