Big Bar, British Columbia (1891 census)
Big Bar was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 234. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.450°N, 121.314°W.
Population
In 1891, Big Bar had a population of 234: 168 male and 66 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 Clinton, Lillooet, 1881 (12.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Big Bar 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 234 total population, 168 males, 71 married persons, 66 females, 44 families, 42 married males, 29 married females, 8 widowed persons, 5.30 average size of families, 5 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 155 single persons under 18, 121 single males under 18, 34 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 234 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 44 occupied houses, 34 houses, 33 houses built of wood, 28 houses of 1 story, 20 houses of 1 room, 10 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 5 rooms, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,955 acres of land in farms, 4,723 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,311 bushels of potatoes, 1,717 bushels of spring wheat, 848 other cattle, 763 horses aged over 3 years, 761 bushels of oats, 600 pounds of homemade butter, 562 bushels of peas, 438 chickens, 300 bushels of turnips, 233 horses aged 3 years and under, 206 acres of improved land in farms, 191 acres of farmland under crops, 146 tons of hay, 138 swine, 135 cattle killed or sold, 132 acres of wheat, 114 bushels of beans, 98 acres of hay crops, 65 swine slaughtered or sold, 26 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25 bushels of barley, 24 milk cows, 24 occupants of farms, 21 farm occupants who rent their land, 20 acres of oats, 17 acres of potatoes, 15 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 ducks, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 farm occupants who own their land, 3 turkeys, 2 acres of barley, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC001003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC001003— 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). "Big Bar, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/big-bar-bc001003-1891/.