Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek, British Columbia (1881 census)

Name: Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek (1881)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,702. The administrative centroid was at approximately 56.233°N, 121.719°W.

Population

In 1881, Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek had a population of 1,702: 1,101 male and 601 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 (20.5% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Lightning Creek, 1891 (50.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,702 total population, 1,101 males, 609 married persons, 601 females, 599 families, 355 married males, 254 married females, 67 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,026 single persons under 18, 721 single males under 18, 305 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 593 occupied houses, 373 inhabited houses, 260 uninhabited houses, 220 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 270 acres of hay crops, 260 bushels of turnips, 220 tons of hay, 10 bushels of potatoes, 5 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 702 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: BC189001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC189001 — 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). "Richfield, Barkerville & Lightning Creek, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/richfield-barkerville-lightning-creek-bc189001-1881/.