Alberni, British Columbia (1911 census)

Alberni was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,082. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.613°N, 126.007°W.

Population

In 1911, Alberni had a population of 4,082: 2,813 male and 1,269 female residents. Population density was 0.7 people per square mile.

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 contained Alberni, 1901 (86.0% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Nanaimo, North—Nord, 1901 (4.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Port Alberni, C, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Alberni, C, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Alberni shared boundaries with:

• Comox
• Cowichan
• Nanaimo suburbs
• Newcastle

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 3,699,840 area in acres, 5,781 area in square miles, 4,082 total population, 2,813 males in the population, 1,780 single (never-married) males, 1,269 females in the population, 952 married males, 942 families, 677 single (never-married) females, 544 married females, 74 widowed males, 44 widowed females, 4 divorced males, 2 divorced females, 2 legally separated females, 2 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given, 0.71 population per square mile. 4,181 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,512 persons of British origin (English), 842 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 364 persons of Scandinavian origin, 343 persons of British origin (Irish), 254 persons of Chinese origin, 102 persons of German origin, 58 persons of French origin, 54 persons of Russian origin, 48 persons of British origin (other), 43 persons of Belgian origin, 23 persons of Italian origin, 20 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 12 persons of Swiss origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 2 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 1 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: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 77 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Hindu"; in 1911 this label denoted South Asian origin (not religious identification). Reflects period British-colonial conflation of religion and ethnicity; modern usage of "Hindu" is religious., 74 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,229 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,010 Presbyterians, 513 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 397 Methodists, 393 Lutherans, 358 Roman Catholics, 243 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 68 Baptists, 25 Salvation Army adherents, 23 Congregationalists, 17 Adventists, 12 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 9 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 8 Friends (Quakers), 8 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 936 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC008001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC008001 — 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 1911 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). "Alberni, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/alberni-bc008001-1911/.