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Newfoundland in 1913 was not yet a Canadian Province. They didn't join until 31 March 1949. After WW2.
Hatch, Match and Dispatch ( or Birth, Marriage and Deaths) we often recorded by the local or visiting priest depending on how remote the settlement (Some places only got paved roads after 1980s.And many of the outer islands were resettled in the 1960s ) The census is hit or miss. Many older Newfoundlanders found it difficult or impossible to find a record of their birth so they could apply for social security after Confederation. They relied on records for Baptisms and in some cases records in family bibles and affidavits from family or parishiners. You could try parish searches but any official records would be found in "The Rooms" in St. John's the capital.
A quick look on the Chebucto Genealogy website and a bit of googling and I found a Samuel Gideon Baggs born 12 Feb. !891. A bookkeeper from Bay de Verde who served in WW1. His Mother Leah is next of kin according to his attestation papers father William having died. I can find him and wife Isobel also in St. John's on the 1921 census but no children listed. You have probably seen Joseph and Susanah on Mundy Pond Road with Elizabeth, Minnie, Joseph, Ethan and Step son Samuel( Cound this be Joseph's nephew rather than a stepson? Looking further I found a death of a Name Samuel Gideon Baggs
Birth Date 1914
Death Date 15 Jul 1997
Event Type Burial
Event Place St. John's
Perhaps ordering a copy of this death certificate could help you work backwards and find out what he used to prove his birth and get his CCP. You can do it by mail or online.
Good Luck
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