Alberni, British Columbia (1891–1921)

Alberni was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in 4 censuses between 1891 and 1921. Population grew substantially across the period (from 191 in 1891 to 4,996 in 1921).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• incorporates territory from Nanaimo, North—Nord in 1911

Descendant places

• later split into Alberni, C in 1921
• later split into Port Alberni, C in 1921

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC208001 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.