Sable River & Lewis Head, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
Sable River & Lewis Head was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 856. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.803°N, 65.020°W.
Population
In 1921, Sable River & Lewis Head had a population of 856: 427 male and 429 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 contained Lewis Head, 1911 (30.0% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Sable River, 1911 (70.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Sable River & Lewis Head shared boundaries with:
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 856 total population, 429 females in the population, 427 males in the population, 421 males born in Canada, 417 females born in Canada, 7 females born outside the British Empire, 5 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 4 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 581 persons of British origin (English), 115 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 50 persons of German origin, 40 persons of British origin (Irish), 40 persons of British origin (other), 29 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 429 Baptists, 377 Methodists, 42 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Presbyterians, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS019011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS019011— 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). "Sable River & Lewis Head, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sable-river-lewis-head-ns019011-1921/.