Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Mahone Bay was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,177. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1885050. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.448°N, 64.382°W.

Population

In 1921, Mahone Bay had a population of 1,177: 551 male and 626 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, Mahone Bay shared boundaries with:

• Maders Cove
• Oakland

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,177 total population, 626 females in the population, 613 females born in Canada, 551 males in the population, 536 males born in Canada, 10 males born outside the British Empire, 7 females born outside the British Empire, 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 633 persons of German origin, 214 persons of British origin (English), 204 persons of French origin, 39 persons of Dutch origin, 34 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 33 persons of British origin (Irish), 10 persons of Syrian origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 415 Anglicans (Church of England), 205 Lutherans, 199 Baptists, 184 Methodists, 151 Presbyterians, 9 adherents of Eastern religions, 7 Roman Catholics, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS015045 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS015045 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1885050
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahone_Bay,_Nova_Scotia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahone_Bay

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). "Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/mahone-bay-ns015045-1921/.