Point Grey, British Columbia (1911 census)
Point Grey was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,320. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.243°N, 123.179°W.
Population
In 1911, Point Grey had a population of 4,320: 2,997 male and 1,323 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 Richmond, 1901 (2.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Indian reserves, 1921 (3.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Point Grey shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 4,320 total population, 2,997 males in the population, 1,879 single (never-married) males, 1,323 females in the population, 999 married males, 876 families, 652 married females, 650 single (never-married) females, 72 males with marital status not given, 46 widowed males, 20 widowed females, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,054 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,012 Presbyterians, 615 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 509 Methodists, 344 Roman Catholics, 268 Baptists, 244 Lutherans, 57 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 38 Congregationalists, 33 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 26 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 20 Brethren, 15 Salvation Army adherents, 14 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 12 Friends (Quakers), 7 Adventists, 7 Disciples of Christ, 2 Mennonites, 1 Jews, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 41 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 854 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence William Herchmer | 1840–1915 | died here |
| Thomas Crosby | 1840–1914 | died here |
| John Hendry | 1843–1916 | died here |
| Thomas Hampson Jones English painter | 1846–1916 | died here |
| Edward Westhead Arthy | 1853–1914 | died here |
| William Finlay | 1854–1914 | died here |
| Alexander MacLean | 1858–1914 | died here |
| Emily Pauline Johnson | 1861–1913 | died here |
| Harnam Kaur | 1886–1914 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC012004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC012004— 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). "Point Grey, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/point-grey-bc012004-1911/.