Merritt, C, British Columbia (1911 census)
Merritt, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 703. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1025990. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.105°N, 120.786°W.
Population
In 1911, Merritt, C had a population of 703: 443 male and 260 female residents. Population density was 279.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 703 |
| 1921 | 1,721 |
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, West—Ouest, 1901 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Merritt, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,615 area in acres, 703 total population, 443 males in the population, 278.97 population per square mile, 277 single (never-married) males, 260 females in the population, 227 families, 158 married males, 135 single (never-married) females, 119 married females, 6 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 3 legally separated males, 2.52 area in square miles. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 250 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 212 persons of British origin (English), 114 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of Scandinavian origin, 16 persons of German origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of French origin, 9 persons of Chinese origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 2 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 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 298 Presbyterians, 166 Anglicans (Church of England), 79 Roman Catholics, 58 Methodists, 42 Baptists, 36 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 27 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 19 Lutherans, 8 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Congregationalists, 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 219 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC014014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC207008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1025990
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt,_British_Columbia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_(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). "Merritt, C, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/merritt-c-bc014014-1911/.