Lightning Creek, British Columbia (1891 census)

Name: Lightning Creek (1891)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Lightning Creek was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 125. The administrative centroid was at approximately 55.833°N, 120.642°W.

Population

In 1891, Lightning Creek had a population of 125: 117 male and 8 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 Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek, 1881 (50.1% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Cariboo, 1901 (40.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Lightning Creek shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 125 total population, 117 males, 60 families, 24 married persons, 21 married males, 12 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 8 females, 3 married females, 2.10 average size of families, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 89 single persons under 18, 85 single males under 18, 4 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 125 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 56 houses, 56 houses built of wood, 56 occupied houses, 51 houses of 1 story, 35 houses of 1 room, 16 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 4 rooms, 1 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,222 acres of land in farms, 621 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 599 acres of farmland in pasture, 540 pounds of homemade butter, 275 bushels of turnips, 242 acres of hay crops, 163 tons of hay, 111 chickens, 20 other cattle, 17 horses aged over 3 years, 11 ducks, 10 milk cows, 4 swine, 3 occupants of farms, 2 acres of improved land in farms, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of farmland under crops, 1 acres of turnips, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 swine slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: BC001007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC001007 — 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 1891 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). "Lightning Creek, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/lightning-creek-bc001007-1891/.