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. Population density was 0.1 people per square mile.
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 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 44 |
| Number of families | 44 |
| Number of females | 66 |
| Number of males | 168 |
| Number of married females | 29 |
| Number of married males | 42 |
| Number of married persons | 71 |
| Number of widowed females | 3 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 8 |
| POP F | 66 |
| POP M | 168 |
| POP TOT | 234 |
| Total population | 234 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 34 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 121 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 155 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 234 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 10 |
| Number of houses | 34 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 33 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 20 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 28 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 6 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 44 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 2 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 15 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 4,723 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 26 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 191 |
| Acres of hay crops | 98 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 206 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4,955 |
| Acres of oats | 20 |
| Acres of potatoes | 17 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 132 |
| BAR AC | 2 |
| BAR BU | 25 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 114 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 761 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 562 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,311 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,717 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 300 |
| HAY AC | 98 |
| HAY TONS | 146 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 135 |
| Number of chickens | 438 |
| Number of ducks | 8 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 21 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 233 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 763 |
| Number of milk cows | 24 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 24 |
| Number of other cattle | 848 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 5 |
| Number of swine | 138 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 65 |
| Number of turkeys | 3 |
| OAT AC | 20 |
| OAT BU | 761 |
| PEA BU | 562 |
| POT AC | 17 |
| POT BU | 4,311 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 600 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 146 |
| WHT AC | 132 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,717 |
Other recorded variables (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 4 |
| A 201 PL | 11 |
| BEN BU | 114 |
| BUTTER LB | 600 |
| CATTLE KS | 135 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 34 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 121 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 155 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 233 |
| DUCKS | 8 |
| FAMILIES | 44 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 438 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 763 |
| HOUSES | 34 |
| HOUSES B | 1 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 20 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 28 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 33 |
| INF 11 A | 5 |
| MD FEM | 29 |
| MD MALE | 42 |
| MD TOT | 71 |
| MILK COWS | 24 |
| NAME CD | Cariboo |
| OC F | 21 |
| OC P | 3 |
| OC TOT | 24 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 848 |
| OTHERS | 234 |
| SUP AM | 206 |
| SUP FOR | 26 |
| SUP JV | 15 |
| SUP PAT | 4,723 |
| SUP SC | 191 |
| SUP TOT | 4,955 |
| SWINE | 138 |
| SWINE KS | 65 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 44 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 300 |
| TURKEY | 3 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 10 |
| WID FEM | 3 |
| WID MALE | 5 |
| WID TOT | 8 |
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/.