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Year: 1921  |  Province: British Columbia  |  Wikidata: Q204442

Fernie, British Columbia (1921 census)

Fernie was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,533. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q204442. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.760°N, 115.084°W.

Population

In 1921, Fernie had a population of 4,533: 2,882 male and 1,651 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Fernie shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,533 total population, 2,882 males in the population, 1,651 females in the population, 1,139 males born outside the British Empire, 1,001 males born in Canada, 815 females born in Canada, 742 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 437 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 399 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,417 persons of British origin (English), 652 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 560 persons of Italian origin, 444 persons of other European origin, 355 persons of British origin (Irish), 244 persons of Austrian origin, 209 persons of Scandinavian origin, 151 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 112 persons of French origin, 95 persons of German origin, 77 persons of British origin (other), 62 persons of Ukrainian origin, 57 persons of Russian origin, 36 persons of Polish origin, 23 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of other Asian origin, 8 persons of Finnish origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Syrian origin. 7 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). 2 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: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,534 Roman Catholics, 1,198 Anglicans (Church of England), 718 Presbyterians, 306 Methodists, 197 Lutherans, 188 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 130 adherents of Eastern religions, 120 Baptists, 90 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 15 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 10 Congregationalists, 9 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Adventists, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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 (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/fernie-bc210003-1921/.