Sunnybrae, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Sunnybrae was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 419. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.380°N, 62.467°W.

Population

In 1921, Sunnybrae had a population of 419: 209 male and 210 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, Sunnybrae shared boundaries with:

• Bridgeville
• Caledonia
• East River St. Marys
• Garden of Eden
• McLellans Mountain
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Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 15 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 419 total population, 210 females in the population, 209 males in the population, 204 females born in Canada, 203 males born in Canada, 3 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 408 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 398 Presbyterians, 14 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 Roman Catholics, 2 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS016030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS016030 — 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). "Sunnybrae, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sunnybrae-ns016030-1921/.