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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q7589242. 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.
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 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 447 total population, 227 males in the population, 222 males born in Canada, 220 females in the population, 216 females born in Canada, 3 males born outside the British Empire, 2 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females born outside the British Empire, 2 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 408 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 21 persons of British origin (Irish), 9 persons of British origin (English), 7 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of French origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 346 Roman Catholics, 93 Presbyterians, 8 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
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: Q7589242
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph,_Antigonish_County
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/.