Nanaimo, South—Sud, British Columbia (1901 census)
Nanaimo, South—Sud was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 5,146. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.066°N, 124.264°W.
Population
In 1901, Nanaimo, South—Sud had a population of 5,146: 3,427 male and 1,719 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 Gabriola Island, 1891 (2.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ladysmith including South Oyster, C, 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Newcastle, 1911 (69.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Nanaimo suburbs, 1911 (2.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Nanaimo, South—Sud shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 5,146 total population, 3,427 males, 2,146 single males, 1,719 females, 1,198 married males, 1,131 families, 932 single females, 715 married females, 82 widowed males, 71 widowed females, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 1,116 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 469,386 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC003007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC003007— 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 1901 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, South—Sud, British Columbia (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/nanaimo-south-sud-bc003007-1901/.