North Vancouver, British Columbia (1921 census)
North Vancouver was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,950. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1001626. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.362°N, 123.009°W.
Population
In 1921, North Vancouver had a population of 2,950: 1,582 male and 1,368 female residents. Population density was 44.4 people per square mile.
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 Vancouver N, 1911 (10.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, North Vancouver shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 1,368 |
| POP M | 1,582 |
| POP TOT | 2,950 |
Other recorded variables (38 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 3 |
| ANGLICANS | 1,357 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 144 |
| BAPTISTS | 96 |
| BRETHREN | 5 |
| BRIT BORN F | 615 |
| BRIT BORN M | 669 |
| BRIT ENG | 1,605 |
| BRIT IRISH | 272 |
| BRIT OTHER | 41 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 564 |
| CAN BORN F | 612 |
| CAN BORN M | 630 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 1 |
| EASTERN RELIGIONS | 133 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 7 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 3 |
| EUR DUTCH | 12 |
| EUR FINNISH | 1 |
| EUR FRENCH | 47 |
| EUR GERMAN | 45 |
| EUR GREEK | 1 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 52 |
| EUR OTHER | 10 |
| EUR POLISH | 1 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 12 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 122 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 2 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 141 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 283 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 3 |
| INDIAN | 2 |
| LUTHERANS | 91 |
| METHODISTS | 214 |
| OTHER SECTS | 112 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 729 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 201 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 7 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC206001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC206001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1001626
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver_(city)
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver_(cit%C3%A9)
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). "North Vancouver, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/north-vancouver-bc206001-1921/.