Lillooet, British Columbia (1891 census)
Lillooet was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,088. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.054°N, 123.053°W.
Population
In 1891, Lillooet had a population of 1,088: 603 male and 480 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,088 |
| 1911 | 2,898 |
| 1921 | 2,400 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Clinton, Lillooet, 1881 (48.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Lillooet shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,088 total population, 603 males, 524 married persons, 480 females, 286 married males, 238 married females, 191 families, 65 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 499 single persons under 18, 294 single males under 18, 205 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,086 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 191 occupied houses, 190 houses, 186 houses built of wood, 182 houses of 1 story, 68 houses of 1 room, 58 uninhabited houses, 56 houses of 2 rooms, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses under construction, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 8 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses built of brick, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,111 bushels of potatoes, 14,741 bushels of oats, 13,527 bushels of spring wheat, 11,010 acres of land in farms, 6,990 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,867 bushels of peas, 5,120 pounds of homemade butter, 4,970 bushels of turnips, 3,073 chickens, 2,960 bushels of barley, 2,650 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,370 acres of improved land in farms, 1,340 acres of farmland under crops, 1,209 tons of hay, 1,021 swine, 990 other cattle, 868 horses aged over 3 years, 844 acres of hay crops, 800 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 646 acres of wheat, 512 swine slaughtered or sold, 420 horses aged 3 years and under, 285 bushels of corn, 276 acres of oats, 255 cattle killed or sold, 250 bushels of winter wheat, 183 milk cows, 180 sheep, 148 occupants of farms, 117 farm occupants who rent their land, 111 acres of potatoes, 110 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 108 acres of barley, 101 other fowl, 48 acres of turnips, 40 bushels of beans, 31 farm occupants who own their land, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 sheep slaughtered or sold, 26 oxen, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 ducks, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC001008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC207004— 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). "Lillooet, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/lillooet-bc001008-1891/.