Port Coquitlam, C, British Columbia (1921 census)
Port Coquitlam, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,148. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q643326. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.258°N, 122.760°W.
Population
In 1921, Port Coquitlam, C had a population of 2,148: 1,207 male and 941 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 Dewdney, 1911 (0.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Port Coquitlam, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,148 total population, 1,207 males in the population, 941 females in the population, 674 males born in Canada, 580 females born in Canada, 268 males born outside the British Empire, 265 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 235 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 126 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 687 persons of British origin (English), 438 persons of French origin, 389 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 246 persons of British origin (Irish), 83 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 80 persons of Italian origin, 61 persons of Scandinavian origin, 18 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Belgian origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 9 persons of Finnish origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of German origin, 6 persons of Ukrainian origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 1 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 609 Presbyterians, 602 Roman Catholics, 494 Anglicans (Church of England), 223 Methodists, 70 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 67 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 66 Baptists, 45 Lutherans, 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 10 adherents of Eastern religions, 10 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 6 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC209006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC209006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q643326
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Coquitlam
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Coquitlam
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 Coquitlam, C, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/port-coquitlam-c-bc209006-1921/.