Prince George, C, British Columbia (1921 census)

Name: Prince George, C (1921)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Prince George, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,053. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q590205. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.913°N, 122.757°W.

Population

In 1921, Prince George, C had a population of 2,053: 1,207 male and 846 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 Cariboo, 1911 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Prince George, C shared boundaries with:

Fort George

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,053 total population, 1,207 males in the population, 846 females in the population, 553 males born in Canada, 454 females born in Canada, 434 males born outside the British Empire, 232 females born outside the British Empire, 220 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 160 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 788 persons of British origin (English), 333 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 253 persons of British origin (Irish), 153 persons of Scandinavian origin, 145 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 81 persons of German origin, 59 persons of French origin, 41 persons of Russian origin, 36 persons of British origin (other), 25 persons of Italian origin, 23 persons of Polish origin, 22 persons of other European origin, 15 persons of Austrian origin, 15 persons of Greek origin, 14 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Belgian origin, 4 persons of Finnish origin, 2 persons of other Asian origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 20 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 11 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. 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 547 Presbyterians, 541 Anglicans (Church of England), 253 Roman Catholics, 163 Methodists, 135 Lutherans, 126 adherents of Eastern religions, 76 Baptists, 46 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 26 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 26 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 23 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 19 Jews, 15 Adventists, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 members of the Evangelical Association, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Brethren, 2 Mennonites, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: BC207009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC207009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q590205
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_(Colombie-Britannique)

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). "Prince George, C, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/prince-george-c-bc207009-1921/.