Dewdney, British Columbia (1911 census)

Dewdney was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 11,315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.698°N, 122.339°W.

Population

In 1911, Dewdney had a population of 11,315: 8,019 male and 3,296 female residents. Population density was 3.3 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Port Coquitlam, C, 1921 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Port Moody, C, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Dewdney shared boundaries with:

• Chilliwack
• Delta
• Lillooet
• Richmond (pt)
• Vancouver N
• Yale pt

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,219,200 area in acres, 11,315 total population, 8,019 males in the population, 5,538 single (never-married) males, 3,467.50 area in square miles, 3,296 females in the population, 2,318 married males, 1,961 families, 1,717 single (never-married) females, 1,456 married females, 115 widowed males, 111 widowed females, 44 males with marital status not given, 7 divorced females, 3.26 population per square mile, 3 divorced males, 3 females with marital status not given, 2 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 3,767 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 2,960 persons of British origin (English), 1,896 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,055 persons of British origin (Irish), 795 persons of French origin, 662 persons of Chinese origin, 600 persons of Scandinavian origin, 282 persons of German origin, 278 persons of Russian origin, 152 persons of Italian origin, 139 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 84 persons of British origin (other), 50 persons of Greek origin, 43 persons of Dutch origin, 35 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Swiss origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. 828 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). 13 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 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. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 136 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., 470 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,620 Roman Catholics, 2,229 Presbyterians, 2,135 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,383 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1,219 Methodists, 831 Lutherans, 824 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 338 Baptists, 86 Adventists, 66 Congregationalists, 58 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 39 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 21 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 16 Salvation Army adherents, 14 Friends (Quakers), 12 Jews, 5 Brethren, 3 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 6 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 1,923 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC011003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC011003 — 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). "Dewdney, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/dewdney-bc011003-1911/.