Gabriola Island, British Columbia (1891 census)

Name: Gabriola Island (1891)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Gabriola Island was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 125. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1472026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.160°N, 123.789°W.

Population

In 1891, Gabriola Island had a population of 125: 84 male and 41 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 Nanaïmo, Noonas Bay, 1881 (1.9% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Nanaimo, South—Sud, 1901 (2.5% share).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 125 total population, 84 males, 41 females, 34 married persons, 31 families, 18 married males, 16 married females, 6 widowed persons, 5 widowed males, 4.10 average size of families, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 85 single persons under 18, 61 single males under 18, 24 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 122 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 30 houses, 30 houses built of wood, 30 houses of 1 story, 30 occupied houses, 7 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,912 acres of land in farms, 7,410 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,882 bushels of oats, 4,909 bushels of potatoes, 2,960 bushels of turnips, 2,147 chickens, 1,725 pounds of homemade butter, 1,418 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 732 sheep, 544 bushels of spring wheat, 300 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 291 sheep slaughtered or sold, 280 acres of farmland in pasture, 244 tons of hay, 222 acres of improved land in farms, 192 acres of farmland under crops, 150 acres of oats, 149 other cattle, 143 acres of hay crops, 99 milk cows, 77 ducks, 55 turkeys, 51 cattle killed or sold, 50 bushels of barley, 50 bushels of peas, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 farm occupants who own their land, 29 horses aged over 3 years, 29 occupants of farms, 24 oxen, 20 geese, 17 acres of potatoes, 17 acres of wheat, 16 swine, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 14 swine slaughtered or sold, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 acres of barley, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: BC003006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC003006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q1472026

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). "Gabriola Island, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/gabriola-island-bc003006-1891/.