Port Moody, C, British Columbia (1921 census)

Port Moody, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,030. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q776261. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.272°N, 122.864°W.

Population

In 1921, Port Moody, C had a population of 1,030: 610 male and 420 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 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Port Moody, C shared boundaries with:

• Dewdney

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,030 total population, 610 males in the population, 420 females in the population, 244 males born in Canada, 243 females born in Canada, 239 males born outside the British Empire, 127 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 110 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 67 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 388 persons of British origin (English), 194 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 132 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 104 persons of British origin (Irish), 64 persons of Finnish origin, 55 persons of French origin, 40 persons of Scandinavian origin, 16 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of other Asian origin, 6 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 268 Anglicans (Church of England), 195 Presbyterians, 194 adherents of Eastern religions, 121 Roman Catholics, 94 Lutherans, 75 Methodists, 33 Baptists, 26 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Congregationalists, 4 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC209007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC209007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q776261
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Moody
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Moody

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 Moody, C, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/port-moody-c-bc209007-1921/.