Goldstream and Sooke, British Columbia (1891 census)
Goldstream and Sooke was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,270. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.411°N, 123.647°W.
Population
In 1891, Goldstream and Sooke had a population of 3,270: 1,911 male and 1,359 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 Sooke Lake, Highland, &c., 1881 (11.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Goldstream and Sooke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,270 total population, 1,911 males, 1,504 married persons, 1,359 females, 824 married males, 699 families, 680 married females, 225 widowed persons, 138 widowed females, 87 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,541 single persons under 18, 1,000 single males under 18, 541 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,264 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 699 occupied houses, 377 houses, 377 houses built of wood, 353 houses of 1 story, 322 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 129 houses of 2 rooms, 94 uninhabited houses, 78 houses of 4 rooms, 74 houses of 1 room, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 2 stories, 23 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 houses under construction, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,262 acres of land in farms, 12,990 bushels of potatoes, 11,723 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,620 bushels of oats, 9,756 pounds of homemade butter, 7,046 chickens, 4,805 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,748 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,552 bushels of turnips, 1,334 tons of hay, 1,324 sheep, 1,278 bushels of spring wheat, 967 bushels of peas, 811 acres of hay crops, 798 other cattle, 734 acres of improved land in farms, 580 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 544 milk cows, 537 acres of farmland under crops, 496 swine slaughtered or sold, 356 horses aged over 3 years, 335 swine, 332 acres of oats, 329 occupants of farms, 314 farm occupants who own their land, 313 sheep slaughtered or sold, 307 ducks, 217 oxen, 211 geese, 197 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 156 other fowl, 155 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 139 acres of potatoes, 128 bushels of barley, 117 cattle killed or sold, 109 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 83 turkeys, 72 horses aged 3 years and under, 60 bushels of winter wheat, 36 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 acres of wheat, 25 bushels of rye, 23 acres of turnips, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4 acres of barley. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC003007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC003007— 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). "Goldstream and Sooke, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/goldstream-and-sooke-bc003007-1891/.