McLellans Brook, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
McLellans Brook was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 881. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.531°N, 62.563°W.
Population
In 1921, McLellans Brook had a population of 881: 445 male and 436 female residents.
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 McLellans Mountain, 1911 (32.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, McLellans Brook shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 881 total population, 445 males in the population, 436 females in the population, 403 females born in Canada, 403 males born in Canada, 21 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 21 males born outside the British Empire, 19 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 14 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 706 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 62 persons of British origin (Irish), 33 persons of British origin (English), 29 persons of French origin, 20 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 15 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 633 Presbyterians, 159 Roman Catholics, 39 Baptists, 25 Anglicans (Church of England), 22 Methodists, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Mortimer Macdonald Canadian politician (1865-1940) | 1865–1940 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS016032— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016032— 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). "McLellans Brook, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/mclellans-brook-ns016032-1921/.