Lillooet, British Columbia (1911 census)
Lillooet was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.284°N, 122.737°W.
Population
In 1911, Lillooet had a population of 2,898: 1,759 male and 1,139 female residents. Population density was 0.2 people per square mile.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Lillooet shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 11,698,240 area in acres, 18,278.50 area in square miles, 2,898 total population, 1,759 males in the population, 1,165 single (never-married) males, 1,139 females in the population, 702 families, 598 single (never-married) females, 529 married males, 452 married females, 87 widowed females, 62 widowed males, 3 divorced males, 2 divorced females, 0.16 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 427 persons of British origin (English), 362 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 288 persons of British origin (Irish), 128 persons of German origin, 98 persons of Chinese origin, 82 persons of French origin, 50 persons of Scandinavian origin, 27 persons of Italian origin, 25 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Swiss origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 1,267 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,735 Roman Catholics, 336 Anglicans (Church of England), 325 Presbyterians, 195 Methodists, 126 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 120 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 77 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 51 Lutherans, 35 Baptists, 5 Congregationalists, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Adventists, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 696 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC014005— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/lillooet-bc014005-1911/.