Alkali Lake, British Columbia (1891 census)
Alkali Lake was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 534. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4727637. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.809°N, 122.032°W.
Population
In 1891, Alkali Lake had a population of 534: 321 male and 213 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Clinton, Lillooet, 1881 (4.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Lillooet, East—Est, 1901 (13.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Alkali Lake shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 534 total population, 321 males, 213 females, 193 married persons, 117 families, 102 married males, 91 married females, 26 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 315 single persons under 18, 208 single males under 18, 107 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 534 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 114 occupied houses, 108 houses, 108 houses built of wood, 97 houses of 1 story, 81 houses of 1 room, 11 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 6 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 45,928 acres of land in farms, 39,788 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,330 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,848 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,410 other cattle, 2,974 bushels of spring wheat, 2,320 horses aged over 3 years, 2,200 pounds of homemade butter, 2,185 tons of hay, 1,907 bushels of oats, 1,887 bushels of potatoes, 1,619 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,362 acres of hay crops, 1,255 cattle killed or sold, 871 chickens, 711 horses aged 3 years and under, 666 bushels of barley, 292 acres of improved land in farms, 249 acres of farmland under crops, 249 swine, 200 bushels of turnips, 158 acres of wheat, 145 milk cows, 143 bushels of rye, 120 sheep, 92 swine slaughtered or sold, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 acres of oats, 36 bushels of peas, 30 occupants of farms, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 acres of barley, 15 ducks, 15 farm occupants who own their land, 14 oxen, 13 acres of potatoes, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 employees on farms, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC001002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC001002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4727637
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Alkali Lake, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/alkali-lake-bc001002-1891/.