Vancouver N, British Columbia (1911 census)
Vancouver N was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 8,196. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.638°N, 123.025°W.
Population
In 1911, Vancouver N had a population of 8,196: 5,225 male and 2,971 female residents. Population density was 79.4 people per square mile.
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 Cassiar (Skeena), 1901 (0.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Indian reserves, 1921 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained North Vancouver, C, 1921 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained North Vancouver, 1921 (10.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained West Vancouver, 1921 (5.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Vancouver N shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 66,064 area in acres, 8,196 total population, 5,225 males in the population, 3,460 single (never-married) males, 2,971 females in the population, 1,926 families, 1,697 married males, 1,443 single (never-married) females, 1,413 married females, 111 widowed females, 103.22 area in square miles, 79.40 population per square mile, 59 widowed males, 9 males with marital status not given, 4 divorced females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,204 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,848 Presbyterians, 1,382 Roman Catholics, 805 Methodists, 545 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 517 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 347 Lutherans, 328 Baptists, 65 Congregationalists, 35 Jews, 29 Salvation Army adherents, 24 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 16 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 14 Brethren, 10 Friends (Quakers), 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Adventists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 21 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,685 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC012003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC012003— 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). "Vancouver N, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/vancouver-n-bc012003-1911/.