Nanaimo and suburbs, C, British Columbia (1921 census)
Nanaimo and suburbs, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 9,088. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q16461. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.154°N, 123.955°W.
Population
In 1921, Nanaimo and suburbs, C had a population of 9,088: 4,874 male and 4,214 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 Nanaimo suburbs, 1911 (94.3% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Nanaimo c, 1911 (5.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Nanaimo and suburbs, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 9,088 total population, 4,874 males in the population, 4,214 females in the population, 2,096 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2,032 males born in Canada, 2,006 females born in Canada, 1,873 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 746 males born outside the British Empire, 335 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 4,817 persons of British origin (English), 2,175 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 453 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 442 persons of British origin (Irish), 304 persons of British origin (other), 263 persons of Italian origin, 97 persons of German origin, 79 persons of other European origin, 76 persons of Finnish origin, 73 persons of French origin, 72 persons of Scandinavian origin, 56 persons of Belgian origin, 55 persons of Austrian origin, 36 persons of Russian origin, 22 persons of Polish origin, 13 persons of Greek origin, 10 persons of Ukrainian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin. 14 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 10 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). 4 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 2,861 Anglicans (Church of England), 2,321 Presbyterians, 1,844 Methodists, 751 Roman Catholics, 470 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 294 Baptists, 204 adherents of Eastern religions, 126 Brethren, 88 Lutherans, 51 Salvation Army adherents, 21 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 14 Jews, 14 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 11 Congregationalists, 8 Adventists, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC212009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC212009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q16461
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo
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). "Nanaimo and suburbs, C, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/nanaimo-and-suburbs-c-bc212009-1921/.