Kamloops, British Columbia (1891 census)

Name: Kamloops (1891)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Kamloops was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,517. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q473209. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.873°N, 120.027°W.

Population

In 1891, Kamloops had a population of 1,517: 928 male and 589 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 (64.2% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, North—Nord, 1901 (35.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Kamloops shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,517 total population, 928 males, 589 females, 531 married persons, 372 families, 288 married males, 243 married females, 64 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 922 single persons under 18, 612 single males under 18, 310 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,476 persons who are not French Canadian, 41 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 339 occupied houses, 219 houses, 219 houses built of wood, 160 houses of 1 story, 120 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 89 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 54 houses of 2 stories, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 33,751 acres of land in farms, 27,824 acres of farmland in pasture, 27,114 bushels of oats, 13,143 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,842 bushels of potatoes, 12,796 other cattle, 10,875 pounds of homemade butter, 7,374 bushels of turnips, 4,668 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,087 chickens, 3,823 tons of hay, 3,220 bushels of spring wheat, 3,213 acres of hay crops, 3,155 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3,010 sheep, 2,799 cattle killed or sold, 2,520 bushels of rye, 1,760 horses aged over 3 years, 1,362 horses aged 3 years and under, 1,259 acres of improved land in farms, 1,134 acres of farmland under crops, 933 bushels of barley, 752 bushels of peas, 684 swine, 658 milk cows, 655 bushels of winter wheat, 594 acres of oats, 511 swine slaughtered or sold, 400 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 189 acres of wheat, 170 bushels of corn, 155 ducks, 131 occupants of farms, 125 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 123 farm occupants who own their land, 105 turkeys, 87 bushels of beans, 52 acres of potatoes, 48 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 acres of barley, 28 acres of turnips, 28 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 geese, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: BC005005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC005005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q473209
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops

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). "Kamloops, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/kamloops-bc005005-1891/.