The Islands, British Columbia (1911 census)
The Islands was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,318. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.880°N, 123.476°W.
Population
In 1911, The Islands had a population of 2,318: 1,418 male and 900 female residents. Population density was 12.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 2,318 |
| 1921 | 3,804 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of The Islands, 1921 (88.5% share).
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 900 |
| POP M | 1,418 |
| POP PER SQ MI | 12.58 |
| POP TOT | 2,318 |
Other recorded variables (44 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 1 |
| ANGLICANS | 1,000 |
| AREA ACRES | 117,930 |
| AREA SQ MI | 184.27 |
| AUSTRO HUNGARIAN | 1 |
| BAPTISTS | 38 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 997 |
| BRIT IRISH | 251 |
| BRIT OTHER | 39 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 361 |
| CHINESE | 155 |
| CHRISTIANS | 1 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 14 |
| DUTCH | 14 |
| DWELLINGS | 545 |
| F MARRIED | 374 |
| F SINGLE | 482 |
| F WIDOWED | 44 |
| FAMILIES | 568 |
| FRENCH | 33 |
| FRIENDS | 5 |
| GERMAN | 63 |
| GREEK | 9 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 10 |
| HINDU | 1 |
| INDIAN | 18 |
| ITALIAN | 9 |
| JAPANESE | 75 |
| LUTHERANS | 58 |
| M LEGAL SEP | 1 |
| M MARRIED | 482 |
| M NOT GIVEN | 39 |
| M SINGLE | 864 |
| M WIDOWED | 32 |
| METHODISTS | 307 |
| NEGRO | 7 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 299 |
| PROTESTANTS | 22 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 277 |
| RUSSIAN | 13 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 4 |
| SCANDINAVIAN | 67 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 205 |
| VARIOUS SECTS | 270 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC010005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC212005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "The Islands, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/the-islands-bc010005-1911/.