Kamloops, British Columbia (1891–1911)

Kamloops was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in 2 censuses between 1891 and 1911. Population grew substantially across the period (from 1,517 in 1891 to 8,362 in 1911).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops in 1891

Descendant places

• later split into Salmon Arm, C in 1921
• merged into Yale, North—Nord in 1901

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC014004 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.