Wharf Street Businesses 1881

The British Columbia Directory for the year 1882-83, was compiled shortly after the 1881 Dominion census in the fall of the same year by local Victoria publisher R.T. Williams. There were over five hundred different occupations listed in the directory with over 2,800 businesses and individuals listed. The following table was compiled based on information from the directory and gives a sense of the nature and number of businesses present on Wharf Street in 1881.⁵⁴