1921 census of Newfoundland

The original census was organized in the order of the houses on the street or path in each community.

People living next door to each other or within the same house would be identified by the order of the names in the census.

20, Consolidated Statutes (Third Series), which directed that the population of the Colony be enumerated between the months of June and December in the year of 1921.

A Bishop Martin, of Nain, enumerated the far northern Moravian Mission stations in Labrador.

Copies of each enumerators returns were given to the respective clergymen in each division and the correctness of the census depended in a great measure upon the assistance in checking with the various clergymen in the island.