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 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. Population density was 6.1 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 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 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.10
FAM NO	31
Number of families	31
Number of females	41
Number of males	84
Number of married females	16
Number of married males	18
Number of married persons	34
Number of widowed females	1
Number of widowed males	5
Number of widowed persons	6
POP F	41
POP M	84
POP TOT	125
Total population	125

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	24
Number of single males under 18	61
Number of single persons under 18	85

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	3
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	122

Buildings & housing (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	30
Number of houses built of wood	30
Number of houses of 1 room	3
Number of houses of 1 story	30
Number of houses of 2 rooms	3
Number of houses of 3 rooms	6
Number of houses of 4 rooms	7
Number of houses of 5 rooms	7
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	4
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	30
Number of uninhabited houses	1

Agriculture (52 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	1
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	30
Acres of farmland in pasture	280
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	7,410
Acres of farmland under crops	192
Acres of hay crops	143
Acres of improved land in farms	222
Acres of land in farms	7,912
Acres of oats	150
Acres of potatoes	17
Acres of turnips	6
Acres of wheat	17
BAR AC	1
BAR BU	50
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	50
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	5,882
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	50
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,909
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	544
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2,960
HAY AC	143
HAY TONS	244
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	51
Number of chickens	2,147
Number of ducks	77
Number of farm occupants who own their land	29
Number of geese	20
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	2
Number of horses aged over 3 years	29
Number of milk cows	99
Number of occupants of farms	29
Number of other cattle	149
Number of oxen	24
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	15
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	13
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	1
Number of sheep	732
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	291
Number of swine	16
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	14
Number of turkeys	55
OAT AC	150
OAT BU	5,882
PEA BU	50
POT AC	17
POT BU	4,909
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	1,418
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	300
Pounds of homemade butter	1,725
Tons of hay produced in the past year	244
WHT AC	17
WHT SP BU	544

Other recorded variables (56 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	15
A 201 PL	13
BUTTER LB	1,725
CATTLE KS	51
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	24
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	61
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	85
COARSE WOOL LB	1,418
COLTS FILLIES	2
DUCKS	77
FAMILIES	31
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.10
FINE WOOL LB	300
FRN CA	3
GEESE	20
HENS AND CHKN	2,147
HORSES OVR THREE	29
HOUSES	30
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	7
HOUSES FOUR RM	7
HOUSES ONE RM	3
HOUSES ONE STRY	30
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	4
HOUSES THREE RM	6
HOUSES TWO RM	3
HOUSES UNINH	1
HOUSES W	30
INF 11 A	1
MD FEM	16
MD MALE	18
MD TOT	34
MILK COWS	99
NAME CD	Vancouver
OC P	29
OC TOT	29
OTHER HRN CATTLE	149
OTHERS	122
SHEEP	732
SHEEP KS	291
SUP AM	222
SUP FOR	7,410
SUP JV	30
SUP PAT	280
SUP SC	192
SUP TOT	7,912
SWINE	16
SWINE KS	14
TOT DWLG OCC	30
TUR AC	6
TUR BU	2,960
TURKEY	55
WID FEM	1
WID MALE	5
WID TOT	6
WORKING OX	24

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