Greenwood, British Columbia (1921 census)
Greenwood was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,689. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q767282. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.514°N, 118.874°W.
Population
In 1921, Greenwood had a population of 1,689: 1,089 male and 600 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 contained Greenwood, 1911 (21.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Greenwood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,689 total population, 1,089 males in the population, 600 females in the population, 455 males born outside the British Empire, 449 males born in Canada, 286 females born in Canada, 187 females born outside the British Empire, 185 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 127 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 514 persons of British origin (English), 337 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 207 persons of British origin (Irish), 141 persons of French origin, 120 persons of Scandinavian origin, 103 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 83 persons of German origin, 49 persons of other European origin, 48 persons of Italian origin, 21 persons of Austrian origin, 18 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of Belgian origin, 8 persons of Greek origin, 5 persons of Finnish origin, 4 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. 1 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: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 457 Presbyterians, 380 Roman Catholics, 379 Anglicans (Church of England), 128 Methodists, 96 Lutherans, 93 adherents of Eastern religions, 46 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 44 Baptists, 14 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 13 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 10 Adventists, 8 Brethren, 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 4 Congregationalists, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC218002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC218002— 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 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). "Greenwood, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/greenwood-bc218002-1921/.