West Vancouver, British Columbia (1921 census)
West Vancouver was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,434. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q991329. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.368°N, 123.192°W.
Population
In 1921, West Vancouver had a population of 2,434: 1,253 male and 1,181 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 N, 1911 (5.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, West Vancouver shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,434 total population, 1,253 males in the population, 1,181 females in the population, 581 males born in Canada, 579 females born in Canada, 485 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 440 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 187 males born outside the British Empire, 162 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,318 persons of British origin (English), 524 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 252 persons of British origin (Irish), 112 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 100 persons of Scandinavian origin, 42 persons of French origin, 17 persons of British origin (other), 15 persons of Belgian origin, 12 persons of Syrian origin, 10 persons of Finnish origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of German origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin. 4 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 964 Anglicans (Church of England), 591 Presbyterians, 208 Methodists, 203 Roman Catholics, 102 Baptists, 94 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 88 adherents of Eastern religions, 80 Lutherans, 33 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 30 Congregationalists, 18 Brethren, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 4 Jews, 4 members of the Evangelical Association, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Disciples of Christ, 2 Adventists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC206002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC206002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q991329
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Vancouver
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Vancouver
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). "West Vancouver, British Columbia (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/west-vancouver-bc206002-1921/.