Trail, C, British Columbia (1911 census)
Trail, C was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,460. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1808502. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.077°N, 117.706°W.
Population
In 1911, Trail, C had a population of 1,460: 980 male and 480 female residents. Population density was 1403.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1,460 |
| 1921 | 3,020 |
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., Rossland Riding—Div, 1901 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Trail, 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 1,460 total population, 1,403.85 population per square mile, 980 males in the population, 665 area in acres, 574 single (never-married) males, 480 females in the population, 390 married males, 347 families, 243 single (never-married) females, 221 married females, 16 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 3 males with marital status not given, 1.04 area in square miles, 1 legally separated males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 373 persons of Italian origin, 247 persons of British origin (English), 240 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 222 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 80 persons of British origin (Irish), 49 persons of German origin, 47 persons of Scandinavian origin, 39 persons of French origin, 31 persons of British origin (other), 28 persons of Chinese origin, 15 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Swiss origin, 2 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 590 Roman Catholics, 286 Presbyterians, 239 Anglicans (Church of England), 85 Methodists, 79 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 74 Lutherans, 63 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 54 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 45 Baptists, 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Adventists, 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 327 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC009015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC211010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1808502
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail,_British_Columbia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_(Canada)
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). "Trail, C, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/trail-c-bc009015-1911/.