Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier, British Columbia (1881 census)
Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,665. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.437°N, 123.360°W.
Population
In 1881, Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,665: 1,586 male and 1,079 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,665 |
| 1891 | 8,707 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,665 total population, 1,586 males, 1,079 females, 996 married persons, 787 families, 598 married males, 398 married females, 88 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 32 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,581 single persons under 18, 956 single males under 18, 625 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 777 occupied houses, 772 inhabited houses, 204 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,936 bushels of potatoes, 4,838 bushels of other root crops, 1,590 bushels of turnips, 151 bushels of peas and beans, 107 acres of potatoes, 95 tons of hay, 55 acres of hay crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 23 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Tod | 1794–1882 | died here |
| John McLean | 1798–1890 | died here |
| William Fraser Tolmie | 1812–1886 | died here |
| John Hamilton Gray | 1814–1889 | died here |
| Billy Barker | 1817–1894 | died here |
| Roderick Finlayson | 1818–1892 | died here |
| Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie | 1819–1894 | died here |
| Hermann Otto Tiedemann | 1821–1891 | died here |
| John Ash | 1821–1886 | died here |
| Robert Dunsmuir | 1825–1889 | died here |
| Thomas Spence | 1826–1881 | died here |
| Lewis Samuel | 1827–1887 | died here |
| F. J. (Francis Jones) Barnard | 1829–1889 | died here |
| JAMES SYME | 1832–1881 | died here |
| Catharine Morton | 1837–1892 | died here |
| Elwyn Thomas | 1837–1888 | died here |
| Thomas Basil Humphreys | 1840–1890 | died here |
| Alexander Rocke Robertson | 1841–1881 | died here |
| William Smithe | 1842–1887 | died here |
| Alexander Edmund Batson Davie | 1847–1889 | died here |
| Agnes Deans Cameron | 1863–1912 | born here |
| Emily Carr | 1871–1945 | born here |
| Josette Legacé | d. 1896 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,665 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:
BC191002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC004002— 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). "Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/victoria-johnson-street-ward-quartier-bc191002-1881/.