Cassiar, Northern Interior, British Columbia (1881 census)
Cassiar, Northern Interior was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,566. The administrative centroid was at approximately 57.589°N, 128.957°W.
Population
In 1881, Cassiar, Northern Interior had a population of 3,566: 2,001 male and 1,565 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 NO DATA, 1871 (30.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of New Westminster, 1891 (58.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Cassiar, Northern Interior shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,566 total population, 2,001 males, 1,565 females, 1,400 married persons, 872 families, 735 married males, 665 married females, 135 widowed persons, 117 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,031 single persons under 18, 1,248 single males under 18, 783 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 861 occupied houses, 660 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 241 uninhabited houses, 201 inhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,752 bushels of potatoes, 1,124 bushels of turnips, 696 bushels of other root crops, 206 tons of hay, 114 acres of hay crops, 14 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 934 fathoms of fishing nets, 55 barrels of other fish, 43 barrels of trout, 6 fishing boats, 6 men on fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 76 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 540 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC188003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC188003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 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). "Cassiar, Northern Interior, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/cassiar-northern-interior-bc188003-1881/.