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. Population density was 0.2 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 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 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 4.80 |
| FAM NO | 63 |
| Number of families | 63 |
| Number of females | 124 |
| Number of males | 179 |
| Number of married females | 57 |
| Number of married males | 66 |
| Number of married persons | 123 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 17 |
| POP F | 124 |
| POP M | 179 |
| POP TOT | 303 |
| Total population | 303 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 57 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 106 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 163 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 303 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 30 |
| Number of houses | 31 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 31 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 21 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 10 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 61 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 28 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 42 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 97,336 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 726 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 580 |
| Acres of hay crops | 3,809 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 622 |
| Acres of land in farms | 98,684 |
| Acres of oats | 369 |
| Acres of potatoes | 25 |
| Acres of turnips | 14 |
| Acres of wheat | 98 |
| BAR AC | 28 |
| BAR BU | 1,016 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,016 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 83 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 15,333 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 535 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,359 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 829 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,392 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,194 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 233 |
| HAY AC | 3,809 |
| HAY TONS | 4,316 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 3,053 |
| Number of chickens | 1,266 |
| Number of ducks | 32 |
| Number of employees on farms | 10 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 26 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 23 |
| Number of geese | 12 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 648 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 1,158 |
| Number of milk cows | 282 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 59 |
| Number of other cattle | 17,426 |
| Number of other fowl | 66 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 24 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 17 |
| Number of sheep | 197 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 97 |
| Number of swine | 81 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 54 |
| Number of turkeys | 25 |
| OAT AC | 369 |
| OAT BU | 15,333 |
| PEA BU | 535 |
| POT AC | 25 |
| POT BU | 4,359 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 894 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 4,620 |
| RYE BU | 829 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,316 |
| WHT AC | 98 |
| WHT FALL BU | 233 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,392 |
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 10 |
| A 201 PL | 24 |
| A 51 100 | 4 |
| BUTTER LB | 4,620 |
| CATTLE KS | 3,053 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 57 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 106 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 163 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 894 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 648 |
| DUCKS | 32 |
| FAMILIES | 63 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.80 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 12 |
| GRA BU | 83 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,266 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 1,158 |
| HOUSES | 31 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 4 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 21 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 10 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 10 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 8 |
| HOUSES W | 31 |
| INF 11 A | 17 |
| MD FEM | 57 |
| MD MALE | 66 |
| MD TOT | 123 |
| MILK COWS | 282 |
| NAME CD | Yale |
| OC E | 10 |
| OC F | 23 |
| OC P | 26 |
| OC TOT | 59 |
| OTHER FOWL | 66 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 17,426 |
| OTHERS | 303 |
| SHEEP | 197 |
| SHEEP KS | 97 |
| SUP AM | 622 |
| SUP FOR | 726 |
| SUP JV | 42 |
| SUP PAT | 97,336 |
| SUP SC | 580 |
| SUP TOT | 98,684 |
| SWINE | 81 |
| SWINE KS | 54 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 61 |
| TUR AC | 14 |
| TUR BU | 3,194 |
| TURKEY | 25 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 30 |
| WID FEM | 10 |
| WID MALE | 7 |
| WID TOT | 17 |
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/.