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.

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