Newcastle, British Columbia (1921 census)

Newcastle was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,178. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.062°N, 124.185°W.

Population

In 1921, Newcastle had a population of 4,178: 2,408 male and 1,770 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Newcastle shared boundaries with:

• Alberni
• Cowichan
• Indian reserves
• Ladysmith including South Oyster, C
• Nanaimo and suburbs, C

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,178 total population, 2,408 males in the population, 1,770 females in the population, 1,056 males born in Canada, 933 females born in Canada, 834 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 603 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 518 males born outside the British Empire, 234 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,643 persons of British origin (English), 1,045 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 277 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 232 persons of British origin (Irish), 190 persons of Finnish origin, 169 persons of British origin (other), 138 persons of Italian origin, 113 persons of other European origin, 94 persons of Belgian origin, 76 persons of Austrian origin, 68 persons of Scandinavian origin, 35 persons of French origin, 27 persons of German origin, 21 persons of other Asian origin, 14 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 10 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. 8 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: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,409 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,155 Presbyterians, 616 Roman Catholics, 377 Methodists, 294 adherents of Eastern religions, 178 Lutherans, 61 Baptists, 25 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 17 Brethren, 11 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 10 Salvation Army adherents, 8 Adventists, 6 Congregationalists, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC212003 — 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 1921 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 (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/newcastle-bc212003-1921/.