Cowichan N, British Columbia (1891 census)
Cowichan N was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 921. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.814°N, 124.340°W.
Population
In 1891, Cowichan N had a population of 921: 588 male and 333 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 Cowichan, 1901 (69.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Cowichan N shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 921 total population, 588 males, 333 females, 263 married persons, 185 families, 153 married males, 110 married females, 35 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 623 single persons under 18, 419 single males under 18, 204 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 902 persons who are not French Canadian, 19 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 185 occupied houses, 172 houses, 172 houses built of wood, 135 houses of 1 story, 50 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 2 stories, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 13 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 8 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,558 pounds of homemade butter, 26,281 acres of land in farms, 20,963 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,779 bushels of turnips, 11,222 bushels of oats, 6,758 bushels of potatoes, 4,699 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,783 chickens, 3,170 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,351 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,216 bushels of peas, 2,188 tons of hay, 1,272 sheep, 1,104 acres of hay crops, 1,029 bushels of spring wheat, 670 bushels of barley, 619 acres of improved land in farms, 487 milk cows, 467 other cattle, 449 acres of farmland under crops, 435 sheep slaughtered or sold, 361 swine, 266 acres of oats, 227 bushels of winter wheat, 227 swine slaughtered or sold, 216 horses aged over 3 years, 185 cattle killed or sold, 175 ducks, 170 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 158 occupants of farms, 138 farm occupants who own their land, 68 oxen, 58 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 geese, 42 horses aged 3 years and under, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 38 acres of wheat, 36 acres of potatoes, 36 turkeys, 34 acres of turnips, 33 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 acres of barley, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 other fowl, 2 bushels of beans, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC003004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC003004— 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). "Cowichan N, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/cowichan-n-bc003004-1891/.