Grand Forks, C, British Columbia (1911 census)
Grand Forks, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,577. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q984028. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.034°N, 118.436°W.
Population
In 1911, Grand Forks, C had a population of 1,577: 914 male and 663 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1,577 |
| 1921 | 1,469 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Yale, East—Est, 1901 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Grand Forks, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,577 total population, 914 males in the population, 663 females in the population, 567 single (never-married) males, 375 families, 336 single (never-married) females, 331 married males, 298 married females, 28 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 392 persons of British origin (English), 340 persons of British origin (Irish), 286 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 112 persons of German origin, 106 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 84 persons of Scandinavian origin, 40 persons of French origin, 39 persons of Chinese origin, 35 persons of Italian origin, 32 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Russian origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 17 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: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 7 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., 2 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 412 Presbyterians, 366 Roman Catholics, 311 Anglicans (Church of England), 227 Methodists, 85 Baptists, 79 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 72 Lutherans, 62 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 14 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 Congregationalists, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 372 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Thornton Lowery | 1859–1921 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC014010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC218008— 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, C, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/grand-forks-c-bc014010-1911/.