New Tusket, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
New Tusket was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 540. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.245°N, 65.872°W.
Population
In 1921, New Tusket had a population of 540: 284 male and 256 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 419 |
| 1881 | 537 |
| 1891 | 563 |
| 1901 | 612 |
| 1911 | 621 |
| 1921 | 540 |
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, New Tusket shared boundaries with:
- Carleton
- Cheticamp
- Church Point
- Concession & Lower Concession
- Grosses Coques
- Kemptville
- Meteghan
- Meteghan N.
- Meteghan River
- NO DATA
- Salmon River
- St. Bernard
- Weymouth
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 540 total population, 284 males in the population, 279 males born in Canada, 256 females in the population, 250 females born in Canada, 6 females born outside the British Empire, 4 males born outside the British Empire, 1 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 149 persons of British origin (Irish), 136 persons of French origin, 120 persons of British origin (English), 48 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 26 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of British origin (other). 58 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 332 Baptists, 155 Roman Catholics, 32 Disciples of Christ, 19 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Methodists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS009015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS009015— 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). "New Tusket, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-tusket-ns009015-1921/.