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. Population density was 0.1 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 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 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 2,371 |
| POP M | 4,679 |
| POP TOT | 7,050 |
Other recorded variables (48 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 17 |
| ANGLICANS | 1,415 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 47 |
| ASIA OTHER | 14 |
| ASIA SYRIAN | 1 |
| BAPTISTS | 347 |
| BRIT BORN F | 405 |
| BRIT BORN M | 859 |
| BRIT ENG | 2,272 |
| BRIT IRISH | 980 |
| BRIT OTHER | 80 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 1,226 |
| CAN BORN F | 1,268 |
| CAN BORN M | 2,020 |
| CHRISTIANS | 8 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 25 |
| DISCIPLES OF CHRIST | 16 |
| EASTERN RELIGIONS | 35 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 90 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 23 |
| EUR DUTCH | 161 |
| EUR FINNISH | 18 |
| EUR FRENCH | 323 |
| EUR GERMAN | 312 |
| EUR GREEK | 9 |
| EUR HEBREW | 3 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 54 |
| EUR OTHER | 116 |
| EUR POLISH | 43 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 118 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 662 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 16 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 698 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 1,800 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 40 |
| INDIAN | 452 |
| JEWS | 3 |
| LUTHERANS | 588 |
| MENNONITES | 16 |
| METHODISTS | 793 |
| MORMONS | 10 |
| NEGRO | 24 |
| OTHER SECTS | 278 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 1,293 |
| PROTESTANTS | 605 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 1,523 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 17 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 6 |
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/.