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BCGenWeb BC Lists 1901 Victoria Census - title page

1901 CENSUS OF VICTORIA STATISTICS

extracted from 'Census of Canada, 4th, 1901', vol.1 by Dept. of Agriculture, Canada

(Victoria Enumeration District includes Victoria (city), Metchosin,
part of Victoria South District & part of Esquimalt District)

Table I - Population by District

Victoria District = 23,688

Table III - Sex & Conjugal Condition Victoria District

	Single	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Total
Male	9,014	4,941	313	7	14,275
Female	5,159	3,616	629	9	9,413

Table IV - Rural & Urban Population Victoria District

Rural	Urban
2,872	20,816

Table VII - Areas, Houses, Families, Population Victoria District

Victoria (City)	Victoria District	Esquimalt District	Metchosin
20,919	1,418	1,191	160

Table IX - Principal Religions By Census Districts Victoria District

Anglican	7,895		Methodist	3,252
Baptist	1,006		Presbyterian	4,056
Congregational	155		Roman Catholic	2,179
Jewish	168		unspecified	1,156
Lutheran	330		various creeds	3,491

Table X - Religions of the People Victoria City

Anglican	6,588		Presbyterian	3,604		Salvation Army	51
Baptist	926		Roman Catholic	2,001		Friends	21
Baptist, Free	15		Mennonite	1		Mormons	4
Congregational	135		Greek Church	27		Pagan	109
Jewish	163		Brethren	52		various sects	2,708
Lutheran	285		Disciples	1		Protestant	68
Methodist	3,043		Adventists	10		unspecified	1,107

Table XI - Origins of the People Victoria City

British English	9,435		German	653		Italian	103
British Irish	12,262		Dutch	46		Jewish	165
British Scotch	3,728		Scandivian	436		Swiss	49
British others	160		Russian	28		Belgium	6
French	307		Austro-Hungarian	25		Halfbreeds	178
Indian	88		Negro	70		unspecified	77
Chinese & Japanese	2,978		various origins	125

Table XII - Nationalities of the People Victoria District

American	689		French	19		Russian	21
Austro-Hungarian	10		German	100		Spanish	8
Belgium	2		Grecian	21		Swedish	55
Canadian	19,532		Italian	24		Swiss	15
Chinese	2,770		Japanese	287		Turkish	5
Dutch	6		Norwegan	46		various	4
Danish	67		Rumanian	-		unspecified	7

Table XIV - Birthplaces of the People By Districts Victoria District

Canada	11,023		BC	7,273		PE	107		MB	260
			QC	348		NB	254		Territories	42
			ON	2,186		NS	527		CAN - unspecified	26
British Isles	6,166		ENG	4,174		IRL	728		SCT	1,167
			WLS	66		Lesser Isles	31
British Possesions	476		AUS	76		IND	36		NF	282
			NZ	57		South Africa	5		other poessions	20
Austro-Hungarian	16		Germany	254		Norway	171		USA	1,857
Belgium	14		Greece	38		Russia	38		West Indies	16
China	2,914		Holland	14		Spain/Portugal	11		other	52
Denmark	40		Iceland	58		Switzerland	22		at sea	13
East Indies	8		Italy	47		Syria	10		not given	50
France	76		Japan	302		Turkey	1

extracted from 'Census of Canada, 4th, 1901', vol.4 by Dept. of Agriculture, Canada

Table I - Population by Age Victoria District

Age	under 1	1 yr	2 yr	3 yr	4 yr	5 - 9	10 - 14	15 - 19	20 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 34	35 - 39
Male	180	190	210	223	225	1,159	1,056	1,297	1,574	1,534	1,543	1365
Female	159	184	206	195	219	1,026	861	908	949	968	851	786

40 - 44	45 - 49	50 - 54	55 - 59	60 - 64	65 - 69	70 - 74	75 - 79	80 - 84	85 - 89	90 - 94	95+	n/g
1,087	729	541	395	331	208	153	81	21	7	-	-	167
542	402	321	238	226	135	163	54	28	8	-	2	42

Table VI - Principal Causes of Death Victoria District
(Taken from schedule 3 - Deaths in the last year - destroyed and not filmed.)

Cause	male	female		Cause	male	female		Cause	male	female
Typhoid fever	10	3		Scarlet fever	-	-		Measles	-	-
Cancers	12	10		Influenzia	2	-		Tuberculosis	26	23
Bronchitis & Pneumonia	32	10		Diphtheria & croup	6	1		Apoplexy & Paralysis	11	16
Diseases of the heart	24	12		Affections of the stomach	2	2		Affections of the intestines	5	5
Affections of the liver	4	1		Diseases of the kidney	15	4		Puerperl diseases	-	3
Congenital debility	6	6		Senile debility	9	9		Totals	114	110
Accidents	26	5		Suicides	4	-		Total	304

Table XII - School Attendance of Pupils, 5 yr & over Victoria District

Age	5 - 10	10 & over	Total
	1,423	1,981	3,404

Table XIII - Schools, Colleges & University By Census District Victoria District

Type	Number	Rooms	Teachers/ Professors	Pupils & Students
Colleges	1	6	3	30
High Schools	1	4	4	129
Private Schools	4	11	9	232
Public Schools	16	60	61	2,441

Table XVIII - Institutions, Charitable, Penal & Other By Census District Victoria District

Type	Number	Buildings	Rooms	Inmates
Asylums	1	5	250	261
Convents	3	6	95	76
Homes for the Aged	2	2	99	108
Homes for Orphans	3	3	62	108
Homes, Rescue	2	2	22	6
Homes, Salvation Army	1	1	7	6
Homes, not specified	2	3	58	36
Hospitals, Isolation	2	5	26	24
Hospitals, not specified	15	56	618	919
Industrial Schools	3	20	147	185
Penitentiaries	1	5	114	96
Prisons	8	8	320	302
Reformatories	1	1	13	6

Table XX - Churches & Sunday Schools Victoria District

		Churches				Sunday Schools
	Number	Communi -cants	Seating Capacity		Number	Officers & Teachers	Scholars
Anglican	10	1,156	2,292		7	62	771
Baptist	3	440	1,130		3	48	332
Methodist	7	924	3,675		6	103	1,015
Presbyterian	6	725	2,400		5	69	604
Roman Catholic	3	2,035	1,600		3	17	285
various sects	2	22	76		1	1	15

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