Kootenay, Lower, British Columbia (1891 census)
Kootenay, Lower was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,220. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.352°N, 116.005°W.
Population
In 1891, Kootenay, Lower had a population of 1,220: 1,099 male and 121 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 Kootenai, 1881 (54.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kootenay, E., South Riding—Div. Sud, 1901 (53.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kootenay, E., North Riding—Div. Nord, 1901 (46.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Kootenay, Lower shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,220 total population, 1,099 males, 294 families, 259 married persons, 198 married males, 121 females, 61 married females, 26 widowed persons, 24 widowed males, 4.10 average size of families, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 935 single persons under 18, 877 single males under 18, 58 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,152 persons who are not French Canadian, 68 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 281 occupied houses, 146 houses, 146 houses built of wood, 135 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 107 houses of 1 story, 44 houses of 1 room, 42 houses of 2 rooms, 39 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 11 houses under construction, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,075 bushels of potatoes, 4,751 acres of land in farms, 2,893 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,778 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 316 chickens, 271 horses aged over 3 years, 213 other cattle, 120 bushels of oats, 100 pounds of homemade butter, 80 acres of improved land in farms, 80 bushels of rye, 76 tons of hay, 47 acres of hay crops, 41 acres of farmland under crops, 39 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 acres of potatoes, 26 occupants of farms, 25 bushels of turnips, 20 farm occupants who own their land, 17 milk cows, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 acres of oats, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Isadore | d. 1894 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005006— 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). "Kootenay, Lower, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/kootenay-lower-bc005006-1891/.