St. Joseph W.-O., Nova Scotia (1921 census)
St. Joseph W.-O. was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 447. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.504°N, 62.093°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Joseph W.-O. had a population of 447: 227 male and 220 female residents. Population density was 13.8 people per square mile.
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 St. Joseph, 1911 (50.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. Joseph W.-O. shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 220 |
| POP M | 227 |
| POP TOT | 447 |
Other recorded variables (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAPTISTS | 8 |
| BRIT BORN F | 2 |
| BRIT BORN M | 2 |
| BRIT ENG | 9 |
| BRIT IRISH | 21 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 408 |
| CAN BORN F | 216 |
| CAN BORN M | 222 |
| EUR DUTCH | 7 |
| EUR FRENCH | 2 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 2 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 3 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 93 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 346 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS005014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS005014— 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). "St. Joseph W.-O., Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/st-joseph-w-o-ns005014-1921/.