Vancouver S, British Columbia (1911 census)

Vancouver S was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 16,126. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.228°N, 123.070°W.

Population

In 1911, Vancouver S had a population of 16,126: 8,942 male and 7,184 female residents. Population density was 500.2 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 Richmond, 1901 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Vancouver S shared boundaries with:

• Hastings townsite, Vancouver c pt
• Lot 301, Vancouver c pt
• Point Grey
• Richmond (pt)
• Vancouver c pt

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 20,636 area in acres, 16,126 total population, 8,942 males in the population, 7,184 females in the population, 5,018 single (never-married) males, 3,981 families, 3,803 married males, 3,489 single (never-married) females, 3,468 married females, 500.19 population per square mile, 221 widowed females, 109 widowed males, 32.24 area in square miles, 8 males with marital status not given, 4 females with marital status not given, 3 divorced males, 2 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 1,520 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 5,017 Anglicans (Church of England), 4,126 Presbyterians, 3,047 Methodists, 1,104 Roman Catholics, 925 Baptists, 575 Lutherans, 502 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 186 Congregationalists, 139 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 137 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 137 Salvation Army adherents, 74 Brethren, 58 Adventists, 35 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 22 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 14 Jews, 10 Friends (Quakers), 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 6 Mennonites, 4 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 2 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 3,889 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC012002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC012002 — 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 S, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/vancouver-s-bc012002-1911/.