Grand Forks, British Columbia (1911 census)
Grand Forks was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,914. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q984028. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.311°N, 118.356°W.
Population
In 1911, Grand Forks had a population of 2,914: 2,012 male and 902 female residents. Population density was 3.6 people per square mile.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Grand Forks shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 523,520 area in acres, 2,914 total population, 2,012 males in the population, 1,342 single (never-married) males, 902 females in the population, 818 area in square miles, 631 married males, 606 families, 456 married females, 417 single (never-married) females, 39 widowed males, 28 widowed females, 3.56 population per square mile, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 670 persons of British origin (English), 575 persons of Russian origin, 377 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 271 persons of Scandinavian origin, 266 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 203 persons of British origin (Irish), 172 persons of Italian origin, 123 persons of German origin, 88 persons of British origin (other), 43 persons of French origin, 29 persons of Chinese origin, 17 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of Swiss origin, 6 persons of Greek origin, 3 persons of Polish origin. 6 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. 1 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). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 33 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., 8 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 633 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 598 Roman Catholics, 454 Presbyterians, 369 Anglicans (Church of England), 339 Lutherans, 284 Methodists, 90 Baptists, 51 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 38 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 32 Congregationalists, 12 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 10 Adventists, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 2 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 538 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC014002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC014002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q984028
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Forks,_British_Columbia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Forks_(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). "Grand Forks, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/grand-forks-bc014002-1911/.