Western Coast, British Columbia (1881 census)
Western Coast was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,287. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.406°N, 125.829°W.
Population
In 1881, Western Coast had a population of 5,287: 2,654 male and 2,633 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Western Coast shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 5,287 total population, 2,654 males, 2,633 females, 1,497 married persons, 767 married males, 730 married females, 453 families, 339 widowed persons, 182 widowed females, 157 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,451 single persons under 18, 1,730 single males under 18, 1,721 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 329 inhabited houses, 329 occupied houses, 101 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,237 bushels of potatoes, 592 bushels of oats, 440 bushels of turnips, 384 bushels of other root crops, 381 bushels of spring wheat, 275 bushels of peas and beans, 227 tons of hay, 134 acres of hay crops, 51 acres of potatoes, 18 acres of wheat. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Davies Schultz | 1865–1917 | born here |
| Albert E. Todd | 1878–1928 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,842 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:
BC192006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC192006— 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). "Western Coast, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/western-coast-bc192006-1881/.