Quesnelmouth, British Columbia (1881 census)

Quesnelmouth was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 799. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.778°N, 122.998°W.

Population

In 1881, Quesnelmouth had a population of 799: 631 male and 168 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 (1.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Alexandria, 1891 (59.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Quesnelle, 1891 (40.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Quesnelmouth shared boundaries with:

• Coast of main land
• Keithley Creek
• Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek
• William's Lake and Canoe Creek

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 799 total population, 631 males, 349 married persons, 281 married males, 168 females, 160 families, 68 married females, 11 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 439 single persons under 18, 347 single males under 18, 92 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 160 occupied houses, 116 inhabited houses, 44 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 20,786 bushels of oats, 9,701 bushels of potatoes, 9,585 bushels of spring wheat, 2,325 bushels of turnips, 1,055 bushels of barley, 566 bushels of other root crops, 564 tons of hay, 500 bushels of winter wheat, 495 acres of wheat, 465 acres of hay crops, 60 acres of potatoes, 6 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 599 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: BC189002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC189002 — 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). "Quesnelmouth, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/quesnelmouth-bc189002-1881/.