Cariboo (1881–1891), British Columbia
Cariboo (1881–1891) was a Census Division in British Columbia as recorded in the 1881–1891 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. BC 1921 federal electoral district named after Cariboo region; not coterminous with modern Cariboo Regional District.
Population trajectory across census years
Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.
| Year | Population | CSDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 7,550 | 6 |
| 1891 | 5,519 | 11 |
Constituent Census Subdivisions by year
1881 census
- Clinton, Lillooet (pop 1,529)
- Keithley Creek wd (pop 1,015)
- Omineca (pop 1,176)
- Quesnelmouth (pop 799)
- Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek (pop 1,702)
- William's Lake and Canoe Creek (pop 1,329)
1891 census
- Alexandria wd (pop 671)
- Alkali Lake wd (pop 534)
- Big Bar (pop 234)
- Clinton wd (pop 388)
- Keithley Creek wd (pop 840)
- Lac La Hache (pop 207)
- Lightning Creek (pop 125)
- Lillooet (pop 1,088)
- Quesnelle wd (pop 706)
- Richfield (pop 316)
- Williams’ Lake (pop 410)
Lineage
Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.
- Split off from British Colombia in 1881.
- Merged into Yale & Cariboo in 1901.
Identifiers
- HGIS Canada CD ID:
CD_BC_Cariboo
Sources
Census Division boundaries derived from the
Canadian Peoples / TCP
1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan).
Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships
emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.