Nanaimo suburbs, British Columbia (1911 census)
Nanaimo suburbs was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 138. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.153°N, 123.955°W.
Population
In 1911, Nanaimo suburbs had a population of 138: 96 male and 42 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 was contained in Nanaimo, South—Sud, 1901 (2.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Nanaimo and suburbs, C, 1921 (94.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Nanaimo suburbs shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 138 total population, 96 males in the population, 53 single (never-married) males, 42 females in the population, 40 married males, 26 families, 21 married females, 19 single (never-married) females, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males, 1 legally separated males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 101 persons of British origin (English), 16 persons of Chinese origin, 10 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 6 persons of British origin (other). (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 68 Anglicans (Church of England), 19 Methodists, 13 Presbyterians, 9 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 7 Baptists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Salvation Army adherents, 2 Brethren, 2 Roman Catholics, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 10 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 26 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC010007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC010007— 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). "Nanaimo suburbs, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/nanaimo-suburbs-bc010007-1911/.