Comox & Alberni, British Columbia (1881 census)
Comox & Alberni was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 279. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.119°N, 126.306°W.
Population
In 1881, Comox & Alberni had a population of 279: 170 male and 109 female residents. Population density was 0.0 people per square mile.
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 (1.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Comox & Alberni shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 80 |
| Number of families | 80 |
| Number of females | 109 |
| Number of males | 170 |
| Number of married females | 49 |
| Number of married males | 53 |
| Number of married persons | 102 |
| Number of widowed females | 3 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 9 |
| POP TOT | 279 |
| Total population | 279 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 57 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 111 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 168 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 79 |
| Number of occupied houses | 80 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 24 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 744 |
| Acres of potatoes | 80 |
| Acres of wheat | 48 |
| BAR BU | 781 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 781 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 24 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 107 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 58 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,808 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,816 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 985 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 19,934 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 65 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,087 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 26,265 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 122 |
| BWT BU | 24 |
| CRN BU | 58 |
| HAY AC | 744 |
| HAY TONS | 1,193 |
| OAT BU | 8,808 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 985 |
| POT AC | 80 |
| POT BU | 19,934 |
| RYE BU | 65 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,193 |
| WHT AC | 48 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,087 |
| WHT WTR BU | 122 |
Other recorded variables (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 57 |
| C UNMD M | 111 |
| C UNMD TOT | 168 |
| D OCC | 80 |
| FEMALE | 109 |
| GRA BU | 107 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 79 |
| H UNINH | 24 |
| MALE | 170 |
| MD F | 49 |
| MD M | 53 |
| MD TOT | 102 |
| NUMBER CD | 192 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,816 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 26,265 |
| WID F | 3 |
| WID M | 6 |
| WID TOT | 9 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC192002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC192002— 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). "Comox & Alberni, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/comox-alberni-bc192002-1881/.