Vancouver Centre (Vancouver city (pt)), British Columbia (1921 census)

Name: Vancouver Centre (Vancouver city (pt)) (1921)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Vancouver Centre (Vancouver city (pt)) was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 60,879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.286°N, 123.109°W.

Population

In 1921, Vancouver Centre (Vancouver city (pt)) had a population of 60,879: 34,867 male and 26,012 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 Vancouver c pt, 1911 (53.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Vancouver Centre (Vancouver city (pt)) shared boundaries with:

Vancouver (pt), C

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 60,879 total population, 34,867 males in the population, 26,012 females in the population, 13,147 males born in Canada, 12,626 females born in Canada, 10,868 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 10,852 males born outside the British Empire, 8,813 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 4,573 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 23,806 persons of British origin (English), 12,555 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9,011 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 6,653 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,590 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1,303 persons of French origin, 1,177 persons of Italian origin, 847 persons of British origin (other), 544 persons of German origin, 396 persons of other European origin, 352 persons of Dutch origin, 274 persons of Russian origin, 264 persons of Greek origin, 170 persons of Finnish origin, 156 persons of Austrian origin, 122 persons of Belgian origin, 108 persons of Polish origin, 74 persons of Ukrainian origin, 65 persons of Syrian origin, 42 persons of other Asian origin. 959 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 251 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. 36 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: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 18,051 Anglicans (Church of England), 13,749 Presbyterians, 7,721 adherents of Eastern religions, 6,630 Roman Catholics, 6,431 Methodists, 2,189 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2,106 Baptists, 1,298 Lutherans, 938 Jews, 448 Congregationalists, 419 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 350 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 205 Salvation Army adherents, 124 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 68 Adventists, 67 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 51 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 39 Brethren, 12 Mennonites, 8 members of the Evangelical Association, 6 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: BC215001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC215001 — 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 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). "Vancouver Centre (Vancouver city (pt)), British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/vancouver-centre-vancouver-city-pt-bc215001-1921/.