Douglas Lake, British Columbia (1891 census)
Douglas Lake was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 303. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.104°N, 119.853°W.
Population
In 1891, Douglas Lake had a population of 303: 179 male and 124 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 Nicola, O’Kanagan, 1881 (27.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, West—Ouest, 1901 (20.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Douglas Lake shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 303 total population, 179 males, 124 females, 123 married persons, 66 married males, 63 families, 57 married females, 17 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 163 single persons under 18, 106 single males under 18, 57 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 303 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 61 occupied houses, 31 houses, 31 houses built of wood, 30 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 21 houses of 1 story, 10 houses of 2 stories, 10 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 98,684 acres of land in farms, 97,336 acres of farmland in pasture, 17,426 other cattle, 15,333 bushels of oats, 4,620 pounds of homemade butter, 4,359 bushels of potatoes, 4,316 tons of hay, 3,809 acres of hay crops, 3,194 bushels of turnips, 3,053 cattle killed or sold, 2,392 bushels of spring wheat, 1,266 chickens, 1,158 horses aged over 3 years, 1,016 bushels of barley, 894 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 829 bushels of rye, 726 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 648 horses aged 3 years and under, 622 acres of improved land in farms, 580 acres of farmland under crops, 535 bushels of peas, 369 acres of oats, 282 milk cows, 233 bushels of winter wheat, 197 sheep, 98 acres of wheat, 97 sheep slaughtered or sold, 83 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 81 swine, 66 other fowl, 59 occupants of farms, 54 swine slaughtered or sold, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 32 ducks, 28 acres of barley, 26 farm occupants who own their land, 25 acres of potatoes, 25 turkeys, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 acres of turnips, 12 geese, 10 employees on farms, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005002— 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). "Douglas Lake, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/douglas-lake-bc005002-1891/.