Port Alberni, C, British Columbia (1921 census)
Port Alberni, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,056. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q33473520. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.247°N, 124.798°W.
Population
In 1921, Port Alberni, C had a population of 1,056: 643 male and 413 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 Alberni, 1911 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Port Alberni, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,056 total population, 643 males in the population, 413 females in the population, 256 males born in Canada, 227 females born in Canada, 201 males born outside the British Empire, 186 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 123 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 63 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 454 persons of British origin (English), 215 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 129 persons of British origin (Irish), 73 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 71 persons of Scandinavian origin, 26 persons of French origin, 18 persons of Italian origin, 13 persons of German origin, 12 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of other Asian origin, 4 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 1 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 285 Anglicans (Church of England), 240 Presbyterians, 170 Methodists, 120 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 96 Roman Catholics, 56 Lutherans, 40 adherents of Eastern religions, 32 Baptists, 9 Congregationalists, 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC208008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC208008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q33473520
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). "Port Alberni, C, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/port-alberni-c-bc208008-1921/.