Clinton, Lillooet, British Columbia (1881 census)

Name: Clinton, Lillooet (1881)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Clinton, Lillooet was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,529. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.298°N, 121.819°W.

Population

In 1881, Clinton, Lillooet had a population of 1,529: 916 male and 613 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 (5.6% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Clinton, 1891 (9.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Lac La Hache, 1891 (25.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Big Bar, 1891 (12.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Alkali Lake, 1891 (4.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Lillooet, 1891 (48.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Clinton, Lillooet shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,529 total population, 916 males, 613 females, 530 married persons, 328 families, 272 married males, 258 married females, 58 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 941 single persons under 18, 622 single males under 18, 319 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 309 occupied houses, 290 inhabited houses, 36 uninhabited houses, 19 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 29,694 bushels of spring wheat, 26,489 bushels of potatoes, 11,260 bushels of peas and beans, 10,914 bushels of barley, 10,135 bushels of oats, 3,225 tons of hay, 2,379 bushels of turnips, 2,182 acres of hay crops, 1,849 bushels of other root crops, 1,319 acres of wheat, 367 bushels of corn, 191 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,529 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: BC189005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC189005 — 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). "Clinton, Lillooet, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/clinton-lillooet-bc189005-1881/.