Lytton, British Columbia (1891 census)
Lytton was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,338. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2957125. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.202°N, 121.310°W.
Population
In 1891, Lytton had a population of 1,338: 759 male and 579 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 Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops, 1881 (2.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, North—Nord, 1901 (1.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Lytton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,338 total population, 759 males, 579 females, 573 married persons, 364 families, 292 married males, 281 married females, 89 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 3.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 676 single persons under 18, 427 single males under 18, 249 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,336 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 193 occupied houses, 191 houses, 191 houses built of wood, 173 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 1 room, 32 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 18 houses of 2 stories, 18 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,856 bushels of potatoes, 6,715 acres of land in farms, 4,793 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,250 pounds of homemade butter, 2,714 chickens, 2,683 bushels of turnips, 2,156 bushels of spring wheat, 1,620 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,341 other cattle, 788 bushels of barley, 752 bushels of oats, 738 horses aged over 3 years, 684 bushels of peas, 560 bushels of beans, 553 tons of hay, 444 acres of hay crops, 343 swine, 302 acres of improved land in farms, 202 acres of farmland under crops, 168 horses aged 3 years and under, 164 cattle killed or sold, 156 swine slaughtered or sold, 153 occupants of farms, 134 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 131 farm occupants who rent their land, 105 bushels of corn, 100 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 91 milk cows, 77 acres of wheat, 62 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 49 geese, 41 acres of potatoes, 40 other fowl, 28 acres of barley, 28 acres of oats, 21 farm occupants who own their land, 18 ducks, 11 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 sheep, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2 turkeys, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2957125
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). "Lytton, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/lytton-bc005008-1891/.