Victoria, City—Cité, British Columbia (1901–1901)
Victoria, City—Cité was a city in British Columbia, recorded in 1 census between 1901 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q2132, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- incorporates territory from Victoria, Yates Street, Ward—Quartier in 1901
- incorporates territory from Victoria, James’ Bay, Ward—Quartier in 1901
- incorporates territory from Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier in 1901
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 20,919 | View 1901 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 22 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Pering Pellew Crease | 1823–1905 | died here |
| Amor De Cosmos | 1825–1897 | died here |
| James Allan Grahame | 1825–1905 | died here |
| Edward Mallandaine | 1827–1905 | died here |
| Jacob Hunter Todd | 1827–1899 | died here |
| James Deans | 1827–1905 | died here |
| Peter O’Reilly | 1827–1905 | died here |
| Peter John Leech | 1828–1899 | died here |
| John Jessop | 1829–1901 | died here |
| Joseph William McKay | 1829–1900 | died here |
| Salomée Valois | 1830–1906 | died here |
| William Charles | 1831–1903 | died here |
| Benjamin William Pearse | 1832–1902 | died here |
| John Teague | 1833–1902 | died here |
| John Fannin | 1837–1904 | died here |
| Alexander Begg | 1839–1897 | died here |
| Charles Frederick Houghton | 1839–1898 | died here |
| Sarah McChesney | 1839–1901 | died here |
| Chu Lai | 1847–1906 | died here |
| Eliza Arden Robinson | 1852–1906 | died here |
| Theodore Davie | 1852–1898 | died here |
| Clarence Nelson Cox | 1862–1901 | died here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC004004— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q2132
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Colombie-Britannique)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.