Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops, British Columbia (1881 census)
Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,725. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.747°N, 120.237°W.
Population
In 1881, Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops had a population of 4,725: 2,812 male and 1,913 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 NO DATA, 1871 (1.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Grand Prairie, 1891 (17.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lytton, 1891 (2.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Spence’s Bridge, 1891 (1.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kamloops, 1891 (64.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cache Creek, 1891 (14.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,725 total population, 2,812 males, 1,913 females, 1,880 married persons, 1,027 married males, 882 families, 853 married females, 236 widowed persons, 124 widowed females, 112 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,609 single persons under 18, 1,673 single males under 18, 936 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 757 occupied houses, 734 inhabited houses, 57 houses under construction, 40 uninhabited houses, 21 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 31,845 bushels of potatoes, 24,014 bushels of spring wheat, 18,572 bushels of oats, 15,753 bushels of barley, 9,192 bushels of turnips, 7,343 tons of hay, 4,637 acres of hay crops, 2,199 bushels of peas and beans, 2,049 bushels of other root crops, 1,138 acres of wheat, 234 bushels of corn, 211 acres of potatoes, 66 bushels of winter wheat, 58 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Clexlixqen | 1828–1915 | born here |
| Allan McLean | 1855–1881 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,711 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC190002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC190002— 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 1881 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). "Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/lytton-and-cache-creek-and-spence-s-bridge-and-kamloops-bc190002-1881/.