Newcastle, British Columbia (1911 census)
Newcastle was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,094. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.062°N, 124.184°W.
Population
In 1911, Newcastle had a population of 2,094: 1,361 male and 733 female residents. Population density was 3.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 2,094 |
| 1921 | 4,178 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 (69.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Newcastle shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 399,840 area in acres, 2,094 total population, 1,361 males in the population, 737 single (never-married) males, 733 females in the population, 624.75 area in square miles, 605 married males, 424 families, 411 single (never-married) females, 303 married females, 19 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 3.35 population per square mile, 1 divorced males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 810 persons of British origin (English), 408 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 309 persons of Chinese origin, 135 persons of British origin (other), 119 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 76 persons of British origin (Irish), 45 persons of Italian origin, 38 persons of Belgian origin, 32 persons of German origin, 30 persons of Scandinavian origin, 19 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Swiss origin, 6 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 11 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Hindu"; in 1911 this label denoted South Asian origin (not religious identification). Reflects period British-colonial conflation of religion and ethnicity; modern usage of "Hindu" is religious., 28 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 617 Anglicans (Church of England), 500 Presbyterians, 318 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 242 Roman Catholics, 210 Methodists, 54 Baptists, 50 Lutherans, 19 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 420 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC010003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC212003— 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). "Newcastle, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/newcastle-bc010003-1911/.