Mayne Island, British Columbia (1891 census)

Mayne Island was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 197. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1570283. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.796°N, 123.227°W.

Population

In 1891, Mayne Island had a population of 197: 132 male and 65 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 Cowichin, Salt Spring Isl., 1881 (5.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Cowichan, 1901 (2.8% share).

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 197 total population, 132 males, 65 females, 56 married persons, 51 families, 31 married males, 25 married females, 6 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 3.90 average size of families, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 135 single persons under 18, 97 single males under 18, 38 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 197 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 51 occupied houses, 47 houses, 47 houses built of wood, 39 houses of 1 story, 18 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,199 acres of land in farms, 12,919 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,362 pounds of homemade butter, 4,919 bushels of oats, 4,670 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,348 bushels of turnips, 3,201 bushels of potatoes, 2,316 bushels of peas, 2,114 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,980 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,914 sheep, 1,532 chickens, 1,298 bushels of spring wheat, 996 sheep slaughtered or sold, 355 bushels of barley, 341 tons of hay, 300 acres of improved land in farms, 236 acres of farmland under crops, 190 swine slaughtered or sold, 180 swine, 167 acres of hay crops, 145 ducks, 111 other cattle, 98 geese, 83 acres of oats, 81 milk cows, 64 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 occupants of farms, 47 farm occupants who own their land, 46 cattle killed or sold, 45 acres of wheat, 38 oxen, 28 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 25 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 22 acres of potatoes, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 horses aged over 3 years, 15 bushels of corn, 11 acres of turnips, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 acres of barley, 8 turkeys, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 other fowl, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC003009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC003009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1570283

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). "Mayne Island, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/mayne-island-bc003009-1891/.