Cache Creek, British Columbia (1891 census)
Cache Creek was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 697. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.465°N, 121.635°W.
Population
In 1891, Cache Creek had a population of 697: 423 male and 274 female residents. Population density was 0.8 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 Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops, 1881 (14.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Cache Creek shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.10 |
| FAM NO | 137 |
| Number of families | 137 |
| Number of females | 274 |
| Number of males | 423 |
| Number of married females | 114 |
| Number of married males | 128 |
| Number of married persons | 242 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 23 |
| Number of widowed persons | 43 |
| POP F | 274 |
| POP M | 423 |
| POP TOT | 697 |
| Total population | 697 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 140 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 272 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 412 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 5 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 692 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 133 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 133 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 56 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 119 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 13 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 25 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 134 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 165 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 62 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 22,286 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 995 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 523 |
| Acres of hay crops | 2,818 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 585 |
| Acres of land in farms | 23,866 |
| Acres of oats | 147 |
| Acres of potatoes | 69 |
| Acres of turnips | 16 |
| Acres of wheat | 96 |
| BAR AC | 165 |
| BAR BU | 6,943 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 6,943 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2,604 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 70 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,288 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 595 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 14,441 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,639 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,001 |
| CRN BU | 70 |
| HAY AC | 2,818 |
| HAY TONS | 3,999 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 2,334 |
| Number of chickens | 2,287 |
| Number of ducks | 14 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 70 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 36 |
| Number of geese | 5 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 884 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 1,739 |
| Number of milk cows | 102 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 107 |
| Number of other cattle | 7,676 |
| Number of other fowl | 37 |
| Number of oxen | 28 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 20 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 66 |
| Number of sheep | 884 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 109 |
| Number of swine | 366 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 222 |
| Number of turkeys | 62 |
| OAT AC | 147 |
| OAT BU | 5,288 |
| PEA BU | 595 |
| POT AC | 69 |
| POT BU | 14,441 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,988 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 4,835 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,999 |
| WHT AC | 96 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,639 |
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 12 |
| A 11 50 | 6 |
| A 201 PL | 20 |
| A 51 100 | 3 |
| BEN BU | 2,604 |
| BUTTER LB | 4,835 |
| CATTLE KS | 2,334 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 140 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 272 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 412 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 1,988 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 884 |
| DUCKS | 14 |
| FAMILIES | 137 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FRN CA | 5 |
| GEESE | 5 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,287 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 1,739 |
| HOUSES | 133 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 2 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 56 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 119 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 25 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 18 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 13 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 9 |
| HOUSES W | 133 |
| INF 11 A | 66 |
| MD FEM | 114 |
| MD MALE | 128 |
| MD TOT | 242 |
| MILK COWS | 102 |
| NAME CD | Yale |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 36 |
| OC P | 70 |
| OC TOT | 107 |
| OTHER FOWL | 37 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 7,676 |
| OTHERS | 692 |
| SHEEP | 884 |
| SHEEP KS | 109 |
| SUP AM | 585 |
| SUP FOR | 995 |
| SUP JV | 62 |
| SUP PAT | 22,286 |
| SUP SC | 523 |
| SUP TOT | 23,866 |
| SWINE | 366 |
| SWINE KS | 222 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 134 |
| TUR AC | 16 |
| TUR BU | 5,001 |
| TURKEY | 62 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 20 |
| WID MALE | 23 |
| WID TOT | 43 |
| WORKING OX | 28 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005001— 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). "Cache Creek, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/cache-creek-bc005001-1891/.