Grand Prairie, British Columbia (1891 census)
Grand Prairie was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 826. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.613°N, 119.658°W.
Population
In 1891, Grand Prairie had a population of 826: 544 male and 282 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 Lytton and Cache Creek and Spence's Bridge and Kamloops, 1881 (17.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, North—Nord, 1901 (10.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Grand Prairie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 826 total population, 544 males, 303 married persons, 282 females, 239 families, 176 married males, 127 married females, 32 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 3.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 491 single persons under 18, 358 single males under 18, 133 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 774 persons who are not French Canadian, 52 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 235 occupied houses, 126 houses, 126 houses built of wood, 121 houses of 1 story, 109 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 50 houses of 1 room, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 34,118 acres of land in farms, 24,751 bushels of potatoes, 24,185 acres of farmland in pasture, 20,320 bushels of oats, 12,608 bushels of peas, 12,358 bushels of turnips, 8,500 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,050 pounds of homemade butter, 6,159 bushels of spring wheat, 4,038 other cattle, 3,864 tons of hay, 3,076 chickens, 3,034 acres of hay crops, 2,730 bushels of barley, 2,679 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,433 acres of improved land in farms, 1,258 swine, 1,254 acres of farmland under crops, 960 swine slaughtered or sold, 907 horses aged over 3 years, 826 cattle killed or sold, 496 horses aged 3 years and under, 491 acres of oats, 326 milk cows, 211 acres of wheat, 211 sheep slaughtered or sold, 189 sheep, 179 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 179 turkeys, 146 occupants of farms, 140 bushels of corn, 127 acres of potatoes, 125 bushels of beans, 80 farm occupants who own their land, 67 ducks, 61 farm occupants who rent their land, 48 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 47 acres of turnips, 44 acres of barley, 35 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 geese, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 employees on farms, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005003— 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). "Grand Prairie, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/grand-prairie-bc005003-1891/.