Trenton, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)
Trenton, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,844. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3538507. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.618°N, 62.631°W.
Population
In 1921, Trenton, T-V had a population of 2,844: 1,425 male and 1,419 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 Trenton t-v, 1911 (31.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Trenton, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,844 total population, 1,425 males in the population, 1,419 females in the population, 1,291 females born in Canada, 1,280 males born in Canada, 103 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 100 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 42 males born outside the British Empire, 28 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,250 persons of British origin (English), 1,044 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 310 persons of British origin (Irish), 134 persons of French origin, 25 persons of British origin (other), 19 persons of Syrian origin, 11 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 23 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,228 Presbyterians, 762 Roman Catholics, 373 Methodists, 264 Anglicans (Church of England), 168 Baptists, 33 Salvation Army adherents, 7 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS016039— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS016039— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3538507
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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). "Trenton, T-V, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/trenton-t-v-ns016039-1921/.