Nanaimo c, British Columbia (1911 census)

Nanaimo c was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 8,168. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q16461. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.166°N, 123.952°W.

Population

In 1911, Nanaimo c had a population of 8,168: 4,877 male and 3,291 female residents. Population density was 8334.7 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 became part of Nanaimo and suburbs, C, 1921 (5.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Nanaimo c shared boundaries with:

• Nanaimo suburbs

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 8,334.69 population per square mile, 8,168 total population, 4,877 males in the population, 3,291 females in the population, 2,761 single (never-married) males, 2,001 married males, 1,778 single (never-married) females, 1,744 families, 1,371 married females, 630 area in acres, 139 widowed females, 96 widowed males, 15 males with marital status not given, 3 legally separated males, 2 legally separated females, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males, 0.98 area in square miles. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 3,993 persons of British origin (English), 1,982 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 591 persons of Chinese origin, 338 persons of British origin (Irish), 256 persons of British origin (other), 177 persons of Italian origin, 132 persons of Russian origin, 86 persons of German origin, 63 persons of French origin, 47 persons of Scandinavian origin, 43 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 42 persons of Belgian origin, 21 persons of Swiss origin, 3 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 10 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 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. 2 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). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 44 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,358 Anglicans (Church of England), 2,005 Presbyterians, 1,828 Methodists, 717 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 558 Roman Catholics, 335 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 264 Baptists, 128 Lutherans, 116 Brethren, 39 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 24 Salvation Army adherents, 18 Congregationalists, 11 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 10 Jews, 7 Adventists, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 25 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,686 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC010006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC010006 — 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 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). "Nanaimo c, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/nanaimo-c-bc010006-1911/.