South, British Columbia (1881 census)
South was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,640. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.098°N, 122.341°W.
Population
In 1881, South had a population of 1,640: 1,106 male and 534 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 became part of New Westminster, 1891 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, South shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,640 total population, 1,106 males, 534 females, 479 married persons, 351 families, 270 married males, 209 married females, 34 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 13 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,127 single persons under 18, 815 single males under 18, 312 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 343 occupied houses, 318 inhabited houses, 24 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 41,536 bushels of turnips, 33,959 bushels of potatoes, 26,609 bushels of oats, 10,557 bushels of barley, 7,438 bushels of winter wheat, 7,064 bushels of spring wheat, 6,659 bushels of peas and beans, 6,006 bushels of other root crops, 5,443 tons of hay, 2,980 acres of hay crops, 750 acres of wheat, 267 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 203 acres of potatoes, 100 bushels of rye, 50 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 41,060 fathoms of fishing nets, 7,713 barrels of salmon, 1,100 gallons of fish oil, 432 men on fishing boats, 140 fishing boats, 100 barrels of other fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 40 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,540 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:
BC188001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC188001— 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). "South, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/south-bc188001-1881/.