Kamloops, British Columbia (1911 census)

Kamloops was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 8,362. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.004°N, 119.766°W.

Population

In 1911, Kamloops had a population of 8,362: 5,525 male and 2,837 female residents. Population density was 0.8 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Salmon Arm, C, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Kamloops shared boundaries with:

• Cariboo
• Kamloops, C
• Lillooet
• Okanagan
• Revelstoke
• Similkameen
• Yale pt

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 6,709,970 area in acres, 10,484.33 area in square miles, 8,362 total population, 5,525 males in the population, 3,963 single (never-married) males, 2,837 females in the population, 1,743 families, 1,489 single (never-married) females, 1,466 married males, 1,228 married females, 117 widowed females, 85 widowed males, 6 legally separated males, 3 males with marital status not given, 2 divorced males, 2 females with marital status not given, 1 divorced females, 0.80 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 2,445 persons of British origin (English), 1,332 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 982 persons of British origin (Irish), 336 persons of Scandinavian origin, 325 persons of Russian origin, 318 persons of French origin, 298 persons of Chinese origin, 242 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 227 persons of German origin, 79 persons of Italian origin, 66 persons of British origin (other), 52 persons of Dutch origin, 27 persons of Belgian origin, 17 persons of Swiss origin, 15 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of Greek origin. 1,296 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). 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: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 41 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., 131 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,151 Roman Catholics, 1,994 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,524 Presbyterians, 958 Methodists, 686 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 651 Lutherans, 230 Baptists, 126 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 49 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 37 Congregationalists, 21 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 12 Adventists, 12 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 10 Friends (Quakers), 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Disciples of Christ, 1 Brethren, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,729 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC014004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC014004 — 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 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). "Kamloops, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/kamloops-bc014004-1911/.