Revelstoke, British Columbia (1911 census)
Revelstoke was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,655. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1893229. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.199°N, 118.130°W.
Population
In 1911, Revelstoke had a population of 2,655: 2,128 male and 527 female residents. Population density was 0.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 2,655 |
| 1921 | 1,592 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Revelstoke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,564,020 area in acres, 4,006.28 area in square miles, 2,655 total population, 2,128 males in the population, 1,484 single (never-married) males, 605 married males, 527 females in the population, 452 families, 282 single (never-married) females, 226 married females, 33 widowed males, 18 widowed females, 6 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced females, 0.66 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 487 persons of British origin (English), 398 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 363 persons of British origin (Irish), 304 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 241 persons of Scandinavian origin, 195 persons of Italian origin, 133 persons of Chinese origin, 110 persons of French origin, 85 persons of German origin, 42 persons of Russian origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of Greek origin, 6 persons of Swiss origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin. 11 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). 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 35 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Hindu"; in 1911 this label denoted South Asian origin (not religious identification). Reflects period British-colonial conflation of religion and ethnicity; modern usage of "Hindu" is religious., 174 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 744 Roman Catholics, 453 Presbyterians, 387 Anglicans (Church of England), 364 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 244 Lutherans, 201 Methodists, 116 Baptists, 92 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 27 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 Congregationalists, 2 Adventists, 2 Disciples of Christ, 2 Jews, 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 442 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC009005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC211002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1893229
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelstoke,_British_Columbia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelstoke_(Colombie-Britannique)
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). "Revelstoke, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/revelstoke-bc009005-1911/.