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Year: 1921  |  Province: British Columbia  |  Wikidata: Q1001626

North Vancouver, C, British Columbia (1921 census)

North Vancouver, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 7,652. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1001626. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.316°N, 123.074°W.

Population

In 1921, North Vancouver, C had a population of 7,652: 3,888 male and 3,764 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, North Vancouver, C shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 7,652 total population, 3,888 males in the population, 3,764 females in the population, 1,786 females born in Canada, 1,714 males born in Canada, 1,693 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,623 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 481 males born outside the British Empire, 355 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,474 persons of British origin (English), 2,211 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 906 persons of British origin (Irish), 188 persons of Scandinavian origin, 184 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 169 persons of Italian origin, 138 persons of French origin, 94 persons of German origin, 93 persons of British origin (other), 68 persons of Dutch origin, 26 persons of other European origin, 19 persons of Finnish origin, 15 persons of Belgian origin, 11 persons of Austrian origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of other Asian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 9 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). 2 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,570 Anglicans (Church of England), 2,376 Presbyterians, 702 Methodists, 608 Roman Catholics, 415 Baptists, 318 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 224 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 170 adherents of Eastern religions, 118 Lutherans, 35 Brethren, 31 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 27 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 25 Congregationalists, 21 Adventists, 13 Salvation Army adherents, 9 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Mennonites, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

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, C, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/north-vancouver-c-bc206004-1921/.