Kootenay, Upper, British Columbia (1891 census)
Kootenay, Upper was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,185. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.224°N, 117.533°W.
Population
In 1891, Kootenay, Upper had a population of 2,185: 1,665 male and 520 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 (45.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kootenay, W.—O., Nelson Riding—Div, 1901 (17.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kootenay, W.—O., Rossland Riding—Div, 1901 (18.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kootenay, W.—O., Slocan Riding—Div, 1901 (33.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Kootenay, Upper shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,185 total population, 1,665 males, 747 married persons, 547 families, 533 married males, 520 females, 214 married females, 49 widowed persons, 37 widowed males, 12 widowed females, 4 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,389 single persons under 18, 1,095 single males under 18, 294 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,107 persons who are not French Canadian, 78 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 521 occupied houses, 287 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 234 houses, 234 houses built of wood, 152 houses of 1 story, 81 houses of 2 stories, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 52 houses of 3 rooms, 37 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 13 houses of over 15 rooms, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,342 acres of land in farms, 18,729 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,875 bushels of oats, 10,341 bushels of potatoes, 4,950 pounds of homemade butter, 3,300 bushels of turnips, 2,863 other cattle, 2,423 chickens, 2,110 horses aged over 3 years, 1,891 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,800 bushels of spring wheat, 1,327 bushels of barley, 807 tons of hay, 722 acres of improved land in farms, 713 acres of farmland under crops, 557 acres of hay crops, 458 acres of oats, 342 milk cows, 340 horses aged 3 years and under, 322 swine, 201 cattle killed or sold, 148 swine slaughtered or sold, 95 acres of wheat, 75 acres of barley, 75 occupants of farms, 68 farm occupants who own their land, 64 acres of potatoes, 60 bushels of peas, 56 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 28 oxen, 25 sheep, 25 sheep slaughtered or sold, 22 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 18 acres of turnips, 15 ducks, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 9 geese, 9 turkeys, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005007— 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, Upper, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/kootenay-upper-bc005007-1891/.