Hope, British Columbia (1891 census)
Hope was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 774. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1610654. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.256°N, 121.091°W.
Population
In 1891, Hope had a population of 774: 438 male and 336 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 Yale and Hope, 1881 (43.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Hope 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 774 total population, 438 males, 336 females, 334 married persons, 215 families, 176 married males, 158 married females, 42 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 3.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 398 single persons under 18, 248 single males under 18, 150 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 772 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 209 occupied houses, 183 houses, 178 houses built of wood, 178 houses of 1 story, 66 houses of 1 room, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 3 rooms, 26 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 5 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,960 bushels of potatoes, 7,847 acres of land in farms, 6,277 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,300 bushels of turnips, 2,943 bushels of oats, 1,607 pounds of homemade butter, 1,447 chickens, 1,098 acres of farmland in pasture, 909 bushels of peas, 781 tons of hay, 476 bushels of spring wheat, 472 acres of improved land in farms, 452 acres of hay crops, 375 swine, 266 acres of farmland under crops, 246 swine slaughtered or sold, 225 other cattle, 224 horses aged over 3 years, 206 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 175 milk cows, 168 occupants of farms, 143 bushels of beans, 130 bushels of barley, 118 bushels of winter wheat, 107 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 97 farm occupants who rent their land, 91 acres of oats, 71 farm occupants who own their land, 66 acres of potatoes, 64 cattle killed or sold, 60 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 33 oxen, 32 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 22 acres of wheat, 19 acres of turnips, 17 ducks, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 15 sheep, 13 bushels of corn, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 turkeys, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 geese, 4 acres of barley, 4 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1610654
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). "Hope, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/hope-bc005004-1891/.