Chilliwack c, British Columbia (1911 census)

Chilliwack c was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,657. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q983026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.170°N, 121.951°W.

Population

In 1911, Chilliwack c had a population of 1,657: 971 male and 686 female residents.

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 was contained in Chilliwak, 1901 (0.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Chilliwack c shared boundaries with:

• Chilliwack

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,657 total population, 971 males in the population, 686 females in the population, 631 single (never-married) males, 369 single (never-married) females, 342 families, 315 married males, 297 married females, 21 widowed males, 19 widowed females, 2 divorced males, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 693 persons of British origin (English), 329 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 305 persons of British origin (Irish), 69 persons of German origin, 68 persons of Chinese origin, 43 persons of Scandinavian origin, 32 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of French origin, 10 persons of Italian origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 5 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. 3 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 489 Presbyterians, 424 Anglicans (Church of England), 379 Methodists, 131 Baptists, 105 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 79 Roman Catholics, 73 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 23 Lutherans, 10 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Congregationalists, 3 Jews, 2 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Adventists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 321 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC011006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC011006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q983026
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilliwack
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilliwack

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). "Chilliwack c, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/chilliwack-c-bc011006-1911/.