New Westminster, City—Cité, British Columbia (1891–1901)
New Westminster, City—Cité was a city in British Columbia, recorded in 2 censuses between 1891 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q876122, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from North in 1891
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 6,678 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 6,499 | View 1901 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Taylor Fletcher | 1817–1897 | died here |
| L. J. (Louis Joseph) d' Herbomez | 1822–1890 | died here |
| Douglas Brymner | 1823–1902 | died here |
| Paul Durieu | 1830–1899 | died here |
| Flora Amelia Ross | 1842–1897 | died here |
| Thomas Mowat | 1859–1891 | died here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC002004— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q876122
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.