Coast of main land, British Columbia (1881 census)
Coast of main land was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 6,208. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.522°N, 126.773°W.
Population
In 1881, Coast of main land had a population of 6,208: 3,169 male and 3,039 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 (13.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of New Westminster, 1891 (27.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Coast of main land shared boundaries with:
- Cassiar, Northern Interior
- Clinton, Lillooet
- North
- Quesnelmouth
- Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek
- William's Lake and Canoe Creek
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 6,208 total population, 3,169 males, 3,039 females, 2,064 married persons, 1,214 families, 1,087 married females, 977 married males, 197 widowed persons, 177 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,947 single persons under 18, 2,172 single males under 18, 1,775 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,199 occupied houses, 1,058 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 141 inhabited houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 129,303 bushels of potatoes, 18,877 bushels of turnips, 11,517 bushels of other root crops, 1,430 tons of hay, 910 acres of potatoes, 905 bushels of oats, 893 acres of hay crops, 805 bushels of peas and beans, 240 bushels of spring wheat, 10 bushels of barley, 6 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 88,732 gallons of fish oil, 19,700 fathoms of fishing nets, 13,558 barrels of salmon, 1,367 barrels of herring or alewives, 974 barrels of other fish, 754 fishing boats, 431 barrels of trout, 391 quintals of fascines fish, 114 men on fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 7 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Eda'nsa | 1810–1894 | born here |
| Arthur Wellington Clah | 1831–1916 | born here |
| Allan MacDonald | 1832–1901 | born here |
| Charles Edenshaw | 1839–1920 | born here |
| Amos Russ | 1849–1934 | born here |
| Constance Lindsay Skinner | 1877–1939 | born here |
| Daniel Houstie | 1880–1912 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 11,779 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:
BC188004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC188004— 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). "Coast of main land, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/coast-of-main-land-bc188004-1881/.