Sydney Mines, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Sydney Mines, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 8,327. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7660041. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.236°N, 60.243°W.

Population

In 1921, Sydney Mines, T-V had a population of 8,327: 4,212 male and 4,115 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, Sydney Mines, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Little Bras d'Or
• North Sydney, T-V

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 8,327 total population, 4,212 males in the population, 4,115 females in the population, 3,295 females born in Canada, 3,251 males born in Canada, 745 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 709 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 216 males born outside the British Empire, 111 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,565 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2,564 persons of British origin (English), 1,100 persons of British origin (Irish), 388 persons of French origin, 178 persons of other European origin, 172 persons of Italian origin, 58 persons of Austrian origin, 44 persons of Syrian origin, 36 persons of British origin (other), 36 persons of Russian origin, 30 persons of Dutch origin, 28 persons of German origin, 27 persons of Polish origin, 12 persons of Scandinavian origin, 10 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 9 persons of Ukrainian origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin. 46 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 21 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 3,752 Roman Catholics, 2,252 Presbyterians, 1,026 Anglicans (Church of England), 737 Methodists, 308 Baptists, 99 Salvation Army adherents, 65 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 39 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 23 Adventists, 21 Jews, 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Brethren. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS006010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS006010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7660041
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Mines

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). "Sydney Mines, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sydney-mines-t-v-ns006010-1921/.