Greenwood, British Columbia (1911 census)

Greenwood was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,557. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q767282. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.209°N, 118.778°W.

Population

In 1911, Greenwood had a population of 1,557: 1,099 male and 458 female residents. Population density was 4.3 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 Yale, East—Est, 1901 (6.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Greenwood, 1921 (21.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Greenwood shared boundaries with:

• Grand Forks
• Greenwood, C
• Similkameen

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 231,680 area in acres, 1,557 total population, 1,099 males in the population, 716 single (never-married) males, 458 females in the population, 362 area in square miles, 351 married males, 249 families, 238 married females, 204 single (never-married) females, 28 widowed males, 16 widowed females, 4.30 population per square mile, 2 legally separated males, 1 divorced males, 1 males with marital status not given. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 421 persons of British origin (English), 229 persons of British origin (Irish), 206 persons of Scandinavian origin, 148 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 124 persons of German origin, 120 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 80 persons of French origin, 64 persons of Italian origin, 61 persons of Chinese origin, 27 persons of British origin (other), 17 persons of Polish origin, 14 persons of Swiss origin, 13 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of Greek origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 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. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 407 Roman Catholics, 276 Presbyterians, 259 Anglicans (Church of England), 167 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 149 Methodists, 146 Lutherans, 74 Jews, 43 Baptists, 22 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 13 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 9 Brethren, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 348 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC014003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC014003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q767282
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_British_Columbia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_(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). "Greenwood, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/greenwood-bc014003-1911/.