Revelstoke, C, British Columbia (1911 census)
Revelstoke, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,017. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1893229. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.995°N, 118.189°W.
Population
In 1911, Revelstoke, C had a population of 3,017: 1,845 male and 1,172 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 3,017 |
| 1921 | 2,782 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Kootenay, W.—O., Revelstoke Riding—Div, 1901 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Revelstoke, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 3,017 total population, 1,845 males in the population, 1,172 females in the population, 1,162 single (never-married) males, 644 married males, 633 single (never-married) females, 602 families, 509 married females, 37 widowed males, 30 widowed females, 2 divorced males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 741 persons of British origin (English), 506 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 327 persons of British origin (Irish), 321 persons of Italian origin, 196 persons of Scandinavian origin, 104 persons of Chinese origin, 51 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 42 persons of German origin, 39 persons of French origin, 23 persons of Swiss origin, 20 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Greek origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Belgian 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: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 57 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., 15 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 682 Presbyterians, 675 Anglicans (Church of England), 657 Roman Catholics, 561 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 473 Methodists, 225 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 136 Baptists, 123 Lutherans, 18 Congregationalists, 17 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Friends (Quakers), 1 Adventists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 580 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC009012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC211008— 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, C, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/revelstoke-c-bc009012-1911/.