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 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 117,930 area in acres, 2,318 total population, 1,418 males in the population, 900 females in the population, 864 single (never-married) males, 568 families, 482 married males, 482 single (never-married) females, 374 married females, 184.27 area in square miles, 44 widowed females, 39 males with marital status not given, 32 widowed males, 12.58 population per square mile, 1 legally separated males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 997 persons of British origin (English), 361 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 251 persons of British origin (Irish), 155 persons of Chinese origin, 67 persons of Scandinavian origin, 63 persons of German origin, 39 persons of British origin (other), 33 persons of French origin, 14 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of Russian origin, 9 persons of Greek origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 18 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). 7 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. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 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., 75 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,000 Anglicans (Church of England), 307 Methodists, 299 Presbyterians, 277 Roman Catholics, 270 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 205 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 58 Lutherans, 38 Baptists, 22 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 14 Congregationalists, 10 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 Friends (Quakers), 4 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Adventists, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 545 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Macoun | 1831–1920 | died here |
| Henry Georgeson | 1835–1927 | died here |
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/.