Buck, Ian David2026-02-132026-02-132001https://hdl.handle.net/1828/23314The study of residential differentiation in Canadian cities since the Second World War has relied on the use of the Segregation Index and the Dissimilarity Index to measure the degree of residential differentiation in a city. The calculation of these indices relies on the aggregation of data by a pre-defined areal unit, most typically city wards or census traces. Much scholarly work has questioned the ability of these indices to adequately interpret spatial patterns, particularly because of the impact of the size of areal units on results. This thesis considers residential differentiation based on point data, that is, the precise residential location of people. These data are drawn from the manuscript records of the 1901 Census of Canada. Vancouver, British Columbia, is the case study. The analysis found chat in certain situations the Segregation and Dissimilarity indices were indeed difficult to interpret; and chat contrary to findings reported in the residential differentiation literature, there was much social integration in Vancouver when occupational class, ethnic group, and family type variables were examined. To better understand this mixing or intermingling in residential neighbourhoods, a new index - called the Integration Index - was devised. This index measures the average minimum distance between individuals in two groups of people, employing ArcView GIS software. When used in combination with the Segregation and Dissimilarity indices, the Integration Index furthers our comprehensive analysis of the spatial arrangement of people.enAvailable to the World Wide WebThesis