Lightning Creek, British Columbia (1891 census)
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. 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 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:
- Calgary & Red Deer
- Edmonton
- Keithley Creek
- Kootenay, Lower
- Kootenay, Upper
- Richfield
- The Unorganized Territories
- Williams’ Lake
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 107 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 2.10 |
| FAM NO | 60 |
| Number of families | 60 |
| Number of females | 8 |
| Number of males | 117 |
| Number of married females | 3 |
| Number of married males | 21 |
| Number of married persons | 24 |
| Number of widowed females | 1 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 12 |
| POP F | 8 |
| POP M | 117 |
| POP TOT | 125 |
| Total population | 125 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 4 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 85 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 89 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 125 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 56 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 56 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 35 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 51 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 5 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 56 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 599 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 621 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1 |
| Acres of hay crops | 242 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,222 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 275 |
| HAY AC | 242 |
| HAY TONS | 163 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 1 |
| Number of chickens | 111 |
| Number of ducks | 11 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 17 |
| Number of milk cows | 10 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 3 |
| Number of other cattle | 20 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
| Number of swine | 4 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 1 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 540 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 163 |
Other recorded variables (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 540 |
| CATTLE KS | 1 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 4 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 85 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 89 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| DUCKS | 11 |
| FAMILIES | 60 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 2.10 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 111 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 17 |
| HOUSES | 56 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 35 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 51 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 12 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 5 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 16 |
| HOUSES W | 56 |
| INF 11 A | 1 |
| MD FEM | 3 |
| MD MALE | 21 |
| MD TOT | 24 |
| MILK COWS | 10 |
| NAME CD | Cariboo |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 2 |
| OC TOT | 3 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 20 |
| OTHERS | 125 |
| SUP AM | 2 |
| SUP FOR | 621 |
| SUP JV | 1 |
| SUP PAT | 599 |
| SUP SC | 1 |
| SUP TOT | 1,222 |
| SWINE | 4 |
| SWINE KS | 1 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 56 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 275 |
| WID FEM | 1 |
| WID MALE | 11 |
| WID TOT | 12 |
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/.