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Year: 1911  |  Province: British Columbia  |  Wikidata: Q985671

Vernon c, British Columbia (1911 census)

Vernon c was a city in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,671. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q985671. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.262°N, 119.279°W.

Population

In 1911, Vernon c had a population of 2,671: 1,593 male and 1,078 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Vernon c shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,671 total population, 1,593 males in the population, 1,078 females in the population, 1,000 single (never-married) males, 575 single (never-married) females, 555 married males, 547 families, 463 married females, 40 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 13 males with marital status not given. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,309 persons of British origin (English), 559 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 265 persons of British origin (Irish), 169 persons of German origin, 162 persons of Chinese origin, 48 persons of French origin, 38 persons of Scandinavian origin, 25 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Greek origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 2 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 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.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 849 Anglicans (Church of England), 627 Presbyterians, 471 Methodists, 213 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 174 Roman Catholics, 111 Lutherans, 106 Baptists, 50 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 50 Salvation Army adherents, 22 Adventists, 10 Congregationalists, 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Jews, 1 Mennonites, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 534 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

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). "Vernon c, British Columbia (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/vernon-c-bc014016-1911/.