Port Maitland, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Port Maitland was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 859. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230777. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.981°N, 66.119°W.

Population

In 1921, Port Maitland had a population of 859: 431 male and 428 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, Port Maitland shared boundaries with:

• Chegoggin
• Ohio
• Salmon River

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 859 total population, 431 males in the population, 428 females in the population, 421 males born in Canada, 418 females born in Canada, 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 males born outside the British Empire, 3 females born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 757 persons of British origin (English), 51 persons of French origin, 28 persons of British origin (other), 21 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 642 Baptists, 132 Methodists, 60 Roman Catholics, 8 Congregationalists, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Brethren, 4 Presbyterians. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS021013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS021013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7230777
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Maitland,_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). "Port Maitland, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/port-maitland-ns021013-1921/.