Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
Ship Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 799. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7497927. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.770°N, 62.888°W.
Population
In 1921, Ship Harbour had a population of 799: 433 male and 366 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 856 |
| 1911 | 878 |
| 1921 | 799 |
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, Ship Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 799 total population, 433 males in the population, 427 males born in Canada, 366 females in the population, 357 females born in Canada, 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 females born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 253 persons of Dutch origin, 181 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 179 persons of British origin (English), 101 persons of German origin, 52 persons of British origin (Irish), 30 persons of French origin, 3 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 404 Anglicans (Church of England), 229 Presbyterians, 134 Roman Catholics, 30 Baptists, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Methodists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS011035— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011035— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7497927
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Harbour,_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). "Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/ship-harbour-ns011035-1921/.