Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
Lawrencetown was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 989. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.885°N, 65.163°W.
Population
In 1921, Lawrencetown had a population of 989: 475 male and 514 female residents. Population density was 430.7 people per square mile.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Lawrencetown Lane, 1911 (6.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Lawrencetown shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 514 |
| POP M | 475 |
| POP TOT | 989 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 1 |
| ANGLICANS | 91 |
| BAPTISTS | 696 |
| BRIT BORN F | 16 |
| BRIT BORN M | 14 |
| BRIT ENG | 911 |
| BRIT IRISH | 19 |
| BRIT OTHER | 4 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 35 |
| CAN BORN F | 480 |
| CAN BORN M | 450 |
| CHRISTIANS | 1 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 3 |
| EUR DUTCH | 4 |
| EUR FRENCH | 2 |
| EUR GERMAN | 11 |
| EUR GREEK | 1 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 2 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 18 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 11 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 2 |
| LUTHERANS | 5 |
| METHODISTS | 145 |
| OTHER SECTS | 3 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 29 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 13 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS004006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS004006— 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). "Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/lawrencetown-ns004006-1921/.