Merigonish, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
Merigonish was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 461. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875716. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.589°N, 62.435°W.
Population
In 1921, Merigonish had a population of 461: 234 male and 227 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Merigonish shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 461 total population, 234 males in the population, 227 females in the population, 217 males born in Canada, 209 females born in Canada, 15 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 11 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 males born outside the British Empire, 3 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 391 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 49 persons of British origin (English), 20 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of Syrian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 321 Presbyterians, 110 Roman Catholics, 16 Anglicans (Church of England), 12 Methodists, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS016022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016022— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q14875716
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merigomish,_Nova_Scotia
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). "Merigonish, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/merigonish-ns016022-1921/.