Fort George, British Columbia (1921 census)

Fort George was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 7,050. The administrative centroid was at approximately 56.771°N, 122.922°W.

Population

In 1921, Fort George had a population of 7,050: 4,679 male and 2,371 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 Cariboo, 1911 (84.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Fort George shared boundaries with:

• 742. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 772. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 801. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 831. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• Atlin
• Cariboo
• Columbia
• Indian reserves
• Indian reserves
• Kamloops
• NO DATA
• NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
• Prince George, C
• Remainder of province comprising northern parts
• Revelstoke
• Rural Parts
• Skeena
• Unorganised parts between townships 30 & 47 - W. to the provincial boundary
• Unorganized parts between townships 46 and 57 W. to the provincial boundary
• Unorganized parts between townships 56 and 69 - W. to the provincial boundary

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 7,050 total population, 4,679 males in the population, 2,371 females in the population, 2,020 males born in Canada, 1,800 males born outside the British Empire, 1,268 females born in Canada, 859 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 698 females born outside the British Empire, 405 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,272 persons of British origin (English), 1,226 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 980 persons of British origin (Irish), 662 persons of Scandinavian origin, 323 persons of French origin, 312 persons of German origin, 161 persons of Dutch origin, 118 persons of Russian origin, 116 persons of other European origin, 90 persons of Austrian origin, 80 persons of British origin (other), 54 persons of Italian origin, 47 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 43 persons of Polish origin, 23 persons of Belgian origin, 18 persons of Finnish origin, 16 persons of Ukrainian origin, 14 persons of other Asian origin, 9 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 452 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). 24 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 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,523 Roman Catholics, 1,415 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,293 Presbyterians, 793 Methodists, 605 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 588 Lutherans, 347 Baptists, 278 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 40 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 35 adherents of Eastern religions, 25 Congregationalists, 17 Adventists, 17 Salvation Army adherents, 16 Disciples of Christ, 16 Mennonites, 10 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 8 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC207002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC207002 — 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 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). "Fort George, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/fort-george-bc207002-1921/.