Fernie, British Columbia (1911 census)

Fernie was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 8,645. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q204442. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.640°N, 114.910°W.

Population

In 1911, Fernie had a population of 8,645: 6,109 male and 2,536 female residents. Population density was 2.5 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 was contained in Kootenay, E., South Riding—Div. Sud, 1901 (38.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Fernie, 1921 (69.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Fernie shared boundaries with:

• 198 townships
• Cranbrook
• Fernie, C
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,179,840 area in acres, 8,645 total population, 6,109 males in the population, 4,031 single (never-married) males, 3,406 area in square miles, 2,536 females in the population, 1,962 married males, 1,481 families, 1,295 single (never-married) females, 1,175 married females, 65 widowed females, 65 widowed males, 51 males with marital status not given, 2.54 population per square mile, 1 females with marital status not given. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 2,612 persons of British origin (English), 1,312 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1,017 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 837 persons of Italian origin, 663 persons of British origin (Irish), 531 persons of Russian origin, 402 persons of Scandinavian origin, 285 persons of German origin, 239 persons of French origin, 145 persons of British origin (other), 71 persons of Chinese origin, 71 persons of Polish origin, 39 persons of Dutch origin, 27 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of Swiss origin, 6 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin. 70 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). 8 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 106 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., 17 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 3,475 Roman Catholics, 1,940 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,118 Presbyterians, 718 Methodists, 524 Lutherans, 328 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 196 Baptists, 188 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 175 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 39 Salvation Army adherents, 26 Congregationalists, 12 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,409 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC009003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC009003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q204442
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernie,_British_Columbia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernie_(Colombie-Britannique)

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). "Fernie, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/fernie-bc009003-1911/.