Alberni, British Columbia (1891 census)
Alberni was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 191. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.290°N, 125.494°W.
Population
In 1891, Alberni had a population of 191: 124 male and 67 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Alberni, 1901 (48.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Alberni shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 191 total population, 124 males, 67 females, 65 families, 49 married persons, 26 married females, 23 married males, 5 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 2.90 average size of families, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 137 single persons under 18, 97 single males under 18, 40 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 191 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 65 occupied houses, 64 houses, 64 houses built of wood, 43 houses of 1 story, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses of 2 stories, 14 houses of 1 room, 9 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 12,519 acres of land in farms, 10,887 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,544 pounds of homemade butter, 4,070 bushels of potatoes, 2,250 bushels of turnips, 1,504 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,450 bushels of oats, 714 chickens, 560 bushels of peas, 339 tons of hay, 217 swine, 206 other cattle, 184 acres of hay crops, 128 acres of improved land in farms, 87 acres of farmland under crops, 85 milk cows, 72 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 68 occupants of farms, 67 farm occupants who own their land, 59 geese, 57 ducks, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 45 acres of oats, 44 oxen, 43 swine slaughtered or sold, 41 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 31 horses aged over 3 years, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 24 acres of potatoes, 19 cattle killed or sold, 18 sheep, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 acres of wheat, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC003001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC003001— 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 1891 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). "Alberni, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/alberni-bc003001-1891/.