Omineca, British Columbia (1881 census)
Omineca was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,176. The administrative centroid was at approximately 56.132°N, 125.501°W.
Population
In 1881, Omineca had a population of 1,176: 634 male and 542 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 (5.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Omineca shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,176 total population, 634 males, 542 females, 435 married persons, 346 families, 219 married females, 216 married males, 72 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 669 single persons under 18, 397 single males under 18, 272 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 63 occupied houses, 42 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 21 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 500 bushels of potatoes, 200 acres of hay crops, 60 tons of hay, 35 bushels of barley, 20 bushels of oats, 12 acres of potatoes, 10 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,155 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:
BC189006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC189006— 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). "Omineca, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/omineca-bc189006-1881/.