Lac La Hache, British Columbia (1891 census)
Lac La Hache was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 207. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.680°N, 119.822°W.
Population
In 1891, Lac La Hache had a population of 207: 127 male and 80 female residents. Population density was 0.0 people per square mile.
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 Clinton, Lillooet, 1881 (25.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Lac La Hache shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.60 |
| FAM NO | 37 |
| Number of families | 37 |
| Number of females | 80 |
| Number of males | 127 |
| Number of married females | 34 |
| Number of married males | 36 |
| Number of married persons | 70 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed persons | 2 |
| POP F | 80 |
| POP M | 127 |
| POP TOT | 207 |
| Total population | 207 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 44 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 91 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 135 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 207 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses | 31 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 31 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 14 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 23 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 8 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 34 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 115 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 13 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 8,192 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 307 |
| Acres of hay crops | 2,235 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 320 |
| Acres of land in farms | 8,512 |
| Acres of oats | 126 |
| Acres of potatoes | 15 |
| Acres of turnips | 9 |
| Acres of wheat | 16 |
| BAR AC | 115 |
| BAR BU | 2,100 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,100 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,970 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,060 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 466 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 310 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 945 |
| HAY AC | 2,235 |
| HAY TONS | 2,242 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 571 |
| Number of chickens | 681 |
| Number of ducks | 9 |
| Number of employees on farms | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 16 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 14 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 283 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 586 |
| Number of milk cows | 589 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 32 |
| Number of other cattle | 911 |
| Number of other fowl | 6 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
| Number of sheep | 32 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 13 |
| Number of swine | 128 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 76 |
| Number of turkeys | 10 |
| OAT AC | 126 |
| OAT BU | 1,970 |
| POT AC | 15 |
| POT BU | 1,060 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 700 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 28,100 |
| RYE BU | 466 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,242 |
| WHT AC | 16 |
| WHT SP BU | 310 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 11 |
| A 201 PL | 14 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 28,100 |
| CATTLE KS | 571 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 44 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 91 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 135 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 700 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 283 |
| DUCKS | 9 |
| FAMILIES | 37 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.60 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| GRA BU | 10 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 681 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 586 |
| HOUSES | 31 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 14 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 23 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 6 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 8 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 4 |
| HOUSES W | 31 |
| INF 11 A | 1 |
| MD FEM | 34 |
| MD MALE | 36 |
| MD TOT | 70 |
| MILK COWS | 589 |
| NAME CD | Cariboo |
| OC E | 2 |
| OC F | 14 |
| OC P | 16 |
| OC TOT | 32 |
| OTHER FOWL | 6 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 911 |
| OTHERS | 207 |
| SHEEP | 32 |
| SHEEP KS | 13 |
| SUP AM | 320 |
| SUP JV | 13 |
| SUP PAT | 8,192 |
| SUP SC | 307 |
| SUP TOT | 8,512 |
| SWINE | 128 |
| SWINE KS | 76 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 34 |
| TUR AC | 9 |
| TUR BU | 945 |
| TURKEY | 10 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 3 |
| WID FEM | 2 |
| WID MALE | 0 |
| WID TOT | 2 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC001006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC001006— 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). "Lac La Hache, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/lac-la-hache-bc001006-1891/.