Sooke Lake, Highland, &c., British Columbia (1881 census)

Sooke Lake, Highland, &c. was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 286. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.552°N, 123.768°W.

Population

In 1881, Sooke Lake, Highland, &c. had a population of 286: 169 male and 117 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 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Goldstream and Sooke, 1891 (11.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lake and High Land, 1891 (8.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Sooke Lake, Highland, &c. shared boundaries with:

• Cowichin, Salt Spring Isl.
• Esquimalt, Metchosin
• Saanich N & S
• Victoria
• Western Coast

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 286 total population, 169 males, 117 females, 81 married persons, 74 families, 42 married males, 39 married females, 18 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 187 single persons under 18, 113 single males under 18, 74 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 74 occupied houses, 70 inhabited houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,975 bushels of potatoes, 6,730 bushels of oats, 4,075 bushels of turnips, 1,190 bushels of spring wheat, 1,035 bushels of peas and beans, 923 bushels of barley, 808 tons of hay, 580 bushels of winter wheat, 475 acres of hay crops, 150 bushels of other root crops, 71 acres of wheat, 47 acres of potatoes, 2 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.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 286 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: BC192005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC192005 — 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). "Sooke Lake, Highland, &c., British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/sooke-lake-highland-c-bc192005-1881/.