Population of British Columbia, 1901, according to electoral divisions

"The following figures are taken from the official census returns of the Dominion just received and are apportioned, as nearly as possible, according to the Electoral Divisions outlined in the Redistribution Bill at present before the Legislative Assembly."
Bureau of Provincial Information, 1902.

By Electoral Districts


District Subdistrict  Number 
Alberni Alberni Village and District 502
Indians 3301
Wellington 100
Texada 505
Lasqueti 30
Quatsino 85
Cape Scott 65
Ucluelet 107
Clayoquot 147
Alberni Total   4842
Atlin Pine City, Spruce Creek, Pine Creek & c. 671
Telegraph Creek & c. 770
Bennett, Pennington & c. 885
Atlin City 486
Atlin Total   2812
Cariboo Indian reserves 289
Chilcotin, Hanceville, Alexis Creek, etc. 121
Alexandria, Soda Creek, Quesnel Forks, etc. 634
Stanley and neighbourhood, Quesnel, etc. 523
Fort George, Stuarts Lake, Fort Graham, etc 927
Chimney Creek and 150-Mile House 556
Barkerville, Richfield, various creeks and neighbourhood 457
Cariboo Total   3507
Chilliwack Port Matsqui Municipality 729
Indians, Fraser Agency 568
Sumas Municipality 256
Chilliwack Municipality 2127
Chilliwack Total   3680
Columbia Rogers Pass, Beavermouth & c. 304
Golden and Moberly 762
Hector and Field 251
Brisco, Galena and Columbia Valley 111
Canterbury, Peterborough and vicinity 242
Windermere 257
Fairmont Springs & c. 11
Columbia Total   1938
Comox Sayward 361
Thurlow Island 138
Coast 900
Comox District 568
Indians 770
Union Village and District 1881
Union Bay and Courtenay 622
Comox Total   5240
Cowichan Duncan 465
Shawnigan 265
Cowichan Station 258
Indians 779
Cowichan Lake 52
Chemainus 1272
Cowichan Municipality 407
Cowichan Total   3498
Cranbrook Moyie 758
Cranbrook 1196
Kimberly 262
Indians 546
Cranbrook Total   2762
Delta Delta Municipality, Ladner, Guichon and Chinatown 2145
Indians, Fraser Agency 286
Port Langley Municipality 1266
Port Surrey Municipality 1377
Delta Total   5074
Dewdney Part of Maple Ridge Municipality and Mission Municipality 1016
Indians, Fraser Agency 590
Nicomen and Kent Municipalities, Harrison Lake 1034
Parts of Mission and Dewdney Municipalities and Nicomen Island 870
Coquitlam Municipality, Pitt lake and Millside 257
Dewdney Total   3767
Esquimalt Highland 100
Esquimalt 946
Parsons Bridge, Colwood &c. 226
Metchosin. 160
Sooke 318
Indians 89
San Juan 97
Malahat 115
Esquimalt Total   2051
Fernie Fort Steele 590
Wild Horse Creek and vicinity 155
Elko, Coal Creek & c. 363
Michel Creek, Crows Nest & c. 998
Fernie 1640
Fernie Total   3746
Grand Forks Columbia City 508
Grand Forks and vicinity 1173
North Fork Kettle River 239
Cascade and vicinity 144
Fife, Gladstone and vicinity 94
Phoenix Station, etc. 433
Phoenix City 1004
Grand Forks Total   3595
Greenwood Midway and vicinity 626
Greenwood and vicinity 1853
Boundary Falls 120
Summit City 488
Greenwood Total   3087
Indian Reserves Indian Reserves (distributed throughout Yale, Kamloops, Okanagan and Similkameen) 4201
Indian Reserves Total   4201
Islands Indians 140
Sidney Townsite and Adjacent Islands 368
Pender Island 249
Mayne Island &; c. 200
Gossip and Galiano Islands 141
Salt Spring Island 558
Gabriola, Valdexz and Mudge Islands 162
Islands Total   1818
Kamloops Edwards Creek and South Thompson Division 132
Kamloops City 1591
Monte Creek, Douglas Lake, etc. 112
Grand Prairie and vicinity 187
Cherry Creek 397
Armours and Lewis Creek 80
Campbell Creek 164
Kualt and Notch Hill 410
Salmon Arm and vicinity 295
Savona 246
Kamloops Total   3614
Kaslo Kaslo City and vicinity 2118
Ferguson 130
Lardo 78
Trout Lake 165
Kaslo Total   2491
Lillooet High Bar, Chilcotin River, Big Creek and vicinity 215
Indian Reserves
Fraser 255
Williams 1971
Clinton Village and vicinity 246
Bonaparte, Hat Creek and vicinity 98
Big Bar, Dog Creek and vicinity 178
Alkali Lake, Dog Creek, Fraser River, etc. 111
Lac La Hache and vicinity 156
Lilloet Village 303
Cayoosh Creek, Pacelqua and vicinity 122
Pemberton Portage and vicinity, Pemberton Meadows 38
Big Four Creek, Gun Creek Flat and vicinity 106
Little Slide, 14-Mile Creek, Big Slide, Fraser River and vicinity 186
Lillooet Total   3985
Nanaimo Nanaimo City 6130
Nanaimo Total   6130
Nelson City Nelson City 5172
Nelson City Total   5172
Newcastle Indians 528
Cranberry and Bright 1660
Cedar and Oyster 526
Extension Mines 2160
Newcastle Total   4874
New Westminster New Westminster 6499
New Westminster Total   6499
Okanagan Spallumcheen 554
Enderby 270
Mara 143
Vernon City 802
Penticton 252
Salmon Arm Valley 246
Kelowna 375
Okanagan Mission 360
Peachland 284
Lumby 284
Vernon District 409
Armstrong 221
Okanagan Total   4200
Revelstoke Arrow Head 223
Illecillewaet 117
Albert Canyon 38
Revelstoke and vicinity 1779
Comaplix 100
Lardeau 78
Big Bend 26
Revelstoke Total   2361
Richmond Part of Burnaby Municipality 669
Part of South Vancouver Municipality 871
Part of Richmond Municipality 3262
Richmond Total   4802
Rossland City Rossland City 6133
Rossland City Total   6133
Saanich Cedar Hill 590
Royal Oak and Saanich 406
South Saanich 331
Oak Bay 1418
Tolmie 468
Indians 199
Saanich Total   3412
Similakameen Fairview 282
Princeton 316
Granite Creek 67
Sidley 465
Similkameen 229
Similakameen Total   1359
Skeena Lorne Creek 88
Inverness 167
Port Essington, Balmoral & c. 374
Standard and Moores Cove 216
Lowe Inlet, Hartley Bay, Kitamat & c. 65
Bella Coola & c. 183
Namu, Bella Bella & c. 40
Georgetown, Fort Simpson, Naas River 213
Queen Charlotte Islands 19
Indians 6673
Metlakahtla and Post 67
Hazleton and Interior 144
China, Princess Royal Island & c. 33
Rivers Inlet 333
Skeena Total   8615
Slocan Slocan City 950
Three Forks and vicinity 689
Nakusp 223
Burton City 83
New Denver 725
Sandon and vicinity 839
Slocan Total   3509
Vancouver City Vancouver City (including Indians, 877) 26386
Vancouver City Total   26386
Victoria Victoria City (including Indians, 103) 20919
Victoria Total   20919
Yale Hope 263
Agassiz 267
Nicola Lake District 223
Otter Valley 96
Lower Nicola 183
Ashcroft 475
Spences Bridge 150
Lytton 364
North Bend 276
Spuzzum 68
Yale 174
Yale Total   2539
Ymir Fire Valley 41
Velvet Mine 258
Smelter Junction 227
Trail City 1360
Creston and vicinity 512
Sirdar, Kuskonook, etc. 202
Ymir Town 256
Waneta 960
West Robson 112
Ymir Total   3928
Total Population   176546

By Federal Districts


Constituency Total Rural Urban
Burrard 41,407 14,233 27,174
New Westminster 23,822 17,323 6,499
Vancouver 26,391 19,112 7,279
Victoria 23,763 2,947 20,816
Yale-Kootenay-Cariboo 61,889 34,210 27,679
British Columbia 177,272 87,825 89,477

By Origins


Origin Group Number
Austrian   795
Belgian   392
British    
  English 52,910
  Irish 20,661
  Manx 41
  Scotch 31,073
  Welsh 1,781
Chinese   14,869
Dutch   444
Finnic   669
Flemish   127
French   4,601
German   5,984
Indian   25,593
  English breed 734
  French breed 496
  Irish breed 233
  Scotch breed 596
  other breeds 1,297
Italian   1,976
Japanese   4,597
Jewish   146
Negro   523
Russian   402
Scandinavian   643
  Danish 659
  Icelandic 171
  Norwegian 1,058
Swedish   2,348
Slavic   350
Swiss   242
Unspecified   1,460
Various origins   786

By Nationalities


Nationality Number
American 10,070
Austro-Hungarian 874
Belgian 161
Canadian 144,994
Chinese 14,201
Danish 271
French 178
German 599
Italian 1,010
Japanese 3,511
Norwegian 365
Russian 625
Swedish 850
Swiss 83
Various nationalities 865

Chinese, Japanese, and Indians


District Chinese Japanese Indians and Breeds
Burrard 2,852 1,597 8,954
New Westminster 2,548 1,317 3,231
Vancouver 2,654 1,062 5,765
Victoria 3,004 338 333
Yale and Cariboo 3,811 282 10,666

Sexes and Conjugal Condition


  Sexes Single Married Widowed Divorced
District Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Burrard 26,060 16,000 17,220 8,844 8,228 6,323 610 832 2 1
New Westminster 15,017 8,805 9,419 4,847 5,260 3,565 331 387 7 6
Vancouver 16,860 10,263 9,397 4,570 7,200 5,359 256 327 7 7
Victoria 14,304 9,459 9,027 5,193 4,960 3,643 310 614 7 9
Yale and Cariboo 41,840 20,049 29,110 11,095 11,836 8,279 865 661 29 14
Total 114,081 64,576 74,173 34,549 37,484 27,169 2,372 2,821 52 37

Total Votes Polled


The following is a return of votes polled in the Dominion and Provincial Elections, 1900, according to the proposed Electoral Divisions under the Redistribution Bill of 1902.

District Dominion Provincial
Alberni 567 819
Atlin 193 524
Cariboo 306 489
Chilliwack 533 534
Columbia 308 435
Comox 499 638
Cowichan 273 340
Cranbrook 364 *
Delta 707 729
Dewdney 540 634
Esquimalt 584 410
Fernie 356 *
Grand Forks 436 652
Greenwood 411 607
Islands 271 429
Kamloops 769 958
Kaslo 487 620
Lillooet 460 441
Nanaimo 918 839
Nelson 663 1154
Newcastle 271 323
New Westminster 1235 1195
Okanagan 605 823
Revelstoke 576 738
Richmond 520 563
Rossland 1003 1169
Saanich 665 476
Similkameen 179 282
Skeena 129 168
Slocan 605 711
Vancouver 4132 4210
Victoria (on list) 4339 3062
Yale 331 533
Ymir 475 722
Total 24710 26227


* Owing to the fact that there were four candidates running, and that the returns from South-East Kootenay are not given in detail by polling divisions in the Provincial Elections, the number of votes polled cannot be given for the Ridings as re-adjusted.

Religions


Religion Number
Adventists 260
Agnostics 459
Anglicans (Church of England) 40672
Atheists 83
Baptists 6506
Believers 16
Brahmanists 1
Brethren 164
Buddhists 10027
Carmelites 3
Catholic Apostolic (Irvingites) 21
Christadelphians 117
Christian Brethren 33
Christian Catholics 34
Christians 351
Christian Scientists 94
Church of Christ 25
Confucians 4804
Congregationalists 1197
Deists 29
Disciples of Christ 99
Evangelicals 28
Faith Healers 4
Fire Worshippers 3
Free Church 4
Freethinkers 297
Friends (Quakers) 117
German Reformed 3
Golden Rule 3
Gospel Brethren 11
Greek Catholics 101
Infidels 68
Jews 560
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 125
Liberal Christians 1
Lords Religion 3
Lutherans 5332
Me-mic-me 8
Mennonites 11
Methodists 25021
Missioners 4
Mohammedans 6
New Church (Swedenborgian) 21
Non-Sectarians 2
No Religion 1605
Orthodox 32
Pagans 4556
Plymouth Brethren 68
Presbyterians 34176
Protestants 844
Reformed Episcopalians 303
Reincarnationists 1
Roman Catholics 34227
Salvation Army 570
Sceptics 148
Secularists 14
Silents 3
Socialists 21
Spiritualists 143
Theosophists 34
Titans 2
Unitarians 133
United Brethren (Moravians) 18
Universalists 48
Unspecified 4902
Various sects 33
Zionites (Dowieites) 48



Source: British Columbia. Sessional Papers. Bureau of Provincial Information. Printed by Richard Wolfenden, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1902.

Transcribed by Darcey Hutton, History 481, Malaspina University-College, March 2002.