Columbia, British Columbia (1911 census)
Columbia was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,124. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.207°N, 116.802°W.
Population
In 1911, Columbia had a population of 3,124: 2,424 male and 700 female residents. Population density was 0.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 3,124 |
| 1921 | 3,067 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Columbia shared boundaries with:
- Cariboo
- Cranbrook
- Jasper Park
- Kaslo
- NO DATA
- Revelstoke
- Rocky Mtn. Park (along C.P.R.)
- Unorganized parts
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 4,428,800 area in acres, 6,920 area in square miles, 3,124 total population, 2,424 males in the population, 1,674 single (never-married) males, 705 married males, 700 females in the population, 454 families, 356 single (never-married) females, 330 married females, 44 widowed males, 13 widowed females, 1 divorced males, 1 legally separated females, 0.45 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 750 persons of British origin (English), 452 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 448 persons of British origin (Irish), 297 persons of Scandinavian origin, 264 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 87 persons of German origin, 86 persons of French origin, 83 persons of Chinese origin, 69 persons of Italian origin, 39 persons of Russian origin, 31 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Polish origin, 11 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of Greek origin, 10 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 71 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). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 96 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., 92 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 731 Anglicans (Church of England), 660 Roman Catholics, 546 Presbyterians, 349 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 303 Lutherans, 292 Methodists, 210 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 111 Baptists, 85 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 13 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 9 Congregationalists, 6 Adventists, 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 444 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC009001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC210001— 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). "Columbia, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/columbia-bc009001-1911/.