New Waterford, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
New Waterford, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 5,615. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7012317. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.243°N, 60.075°W.
Population
In 1921, New Waterford, T-V had a population of 5,615: 3,004 male and 2,611 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 Lingan, 1911 (2.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, New Waterford, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 5,615 total population, 3,004 males in the population, 2,611 females in the population, 2,250 males born in Canada, 2,165 females born in Canada, 428 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 326 males born outside the British Empire, 250 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 196 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,303 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,058 persons of British origin (Irish), 913 persons of British origin (English), 665 persons of French origin, 204 persons of Italian origin, 85 persons of Belgian origin, 67 persons of Austrian origin, 48 persons of German origin, 32 persons of other European origin, 28 persons of Scandinavian origin, 24 persons of Polish origin, 22 persons of British origin (other), 17 persons of Greek origin, 17 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Syrian origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 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. 50 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 3,859 Roman Catholics, 1,003 Presbyterians, 386 Anglicans (Church of England), 156 Methodists, 104 Salvation Army adherents, 50 Jews, 27 Baptists, 11 Lutherans, 10 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS006032— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS006032— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7012317
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Waterford,_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). "New Waterford, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-waterford-t-v-ns006032-1921/.