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.
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 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,950 total population, 1,582 males in the population, 1,368 females in the population, 669 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 630 males born in Canada, 615 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 612 females born in Canada, 283 males born outside the British Empire, 141 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,605 persons of British origin (English), 564 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 272 persons of British origin (Irish), 144 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 122 persons of Scandinavian origin, 52 persons of Italian origin, 47 persons of French origin, 45 persons of German origin, 41 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 2 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 1,357 Anglicans (Church of England), 729 Presbyterians, 214 Methodists, 201 Roman Catholics, 133 adherents of Eastern religions, 112 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 96 Baptists, 91 Lutherans, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Brethren, 3 Adventists, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
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/.