Salmon Arm, C, British Columbia (1921 census)
Salmon Arm, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 627. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3010939. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.691°N, 119.298°W.
Population
In 1921, Salmon Arm, C had a population of 627: 315 male and 312 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 Kamloops, 1911 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Salmon Arm, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 627 total population, 315 males in the population, 312 females in the population, 206 females born in Canada, 192 males born in Canada, 77 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 73 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 46 males born outside the British Empire, 33 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 347 persons of British origin (English), 100 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 91 persons of British origin (Irish), 20 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 18 persons of German origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Finnish origin, 8 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 174 Anglicans (Church of England), 166 Presbyterians, 158 Methodists, 42 Baptists, 31 Roman Catholics, 24 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 14 adherents of Eastern religions, 14 Lutherans, 2 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC207010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC207010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3010939
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_Arm
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_Arm
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). "Salmon Arm, C, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/salmon-arm-c-bc207010-1921/.