Cowichin, Salt Spring Isl., British Columbia (1881 census)
Cowichin, Salt Spring Isl. was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 848. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.826°N, 123.899°W.
Population
In 1881, Cowichin, Salt Spring Isl. had a population of 848: 461 male and 387 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 (0.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Mayne Island, 1891 (5.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Salt Spring Island, 1891 (13.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Cowichin, Salt Spring Isl. shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 848 total population, 461 males, 387 females, 233 married persons, 219 families, 118 married males, 115 married females, 20 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 8 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 595 single persons under 18, 331 single males under 18, 264 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 218 inhabited houses, 218 occupied houses, 40 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 25,032 bushels of turnips, 22,050 bushels of potatoes, 14,350 bushels of oats, 5,732 bushels of peas and beans, 3,718 bushels of spring wheat, 2,937 tons of hay, 2,513 bushels of other root crops, 1,639 acres of hay crops, 977 bushels of barley, 320 bushels of winter wheat, 160 acres of wheat, 114 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 bushels of rye, 17 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 848 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:
BC192003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC192003— 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). "Cowichin, Salt Spring Isl., British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/cowichin-salt-spring-isl-bc192003-1881/.