Yale and Hope, British Columbia (1881 census)
Yale and Hope was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,296. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.590°N, 121.224°W.
Population
In 1881, Yale and Hope had a population of 2,296: 1,840 male and 456 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 (1.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Hope, 1891 (43.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Yale, 1891 (56.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Yale and Hope shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,296 total population, 1,840 males, 546 married persons, 456 females, 331 married males, 258 families, 215 married females, 70 widowed persons, 43 widowed males, 27 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,680 single persons under 18, 1,466 single males under 18, 214 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 255 occupied houses, 185 inhabited houses, 70 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 8 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,791 bushels of potatoes, 910 bushels of turnips, 680 bushels of other root crops, 489 acres of hay crops, 479 tons of hay, 305 bushels of spring wheat, 165 bushels of oats, 29 acres of potatoes, 20 acres of wheat, 11 bushels of corn, 6 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,980 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:
BC190001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC190001— 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). "Yale and Hope, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/yale-and-hope-bc190001-1881/.