Waterloo, Nova Scotia (1921 census)

Waterloo was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 863. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.319°N, 64.662°W.

Population

In 1921, Waterloo had a population of 863: 467 male and 396 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, Waterloo shared boundaries with:

• Baker Settlement
• Bridgewater, T-V
• Greenfield
• Hebbs Mills
• Italy Cross
• Midville Branch
• Mill, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 863 total population, 467 males in the population, 464 males born in Canada, 396 females in the population, 393 females born in Canada, 3 males born outside the British Empire, 2 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 435 persons of German origin, 187 persons of British origin (English), 166 persons of Syrian origin, 31 persons of French origin, 22 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 15 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 6 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 446 Baptists, 297 Lutherans, 51 Presbyterians, 36 Congregationalists, 16 Roman Catholics, 11 Methodists, 6 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS015040 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS015040 — 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). "Waterloo, Nova Scotia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/waterloo-ns015040-1921/.