Nicola, British Columbia (1891 census)

Nicola was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 752. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.928°N, 120.409°W.

Population

In 1891, Nicola had a population of 752: 405 male and 347 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 Nicola, O’Kanagan, 1881 (37.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, West—Ouest, 1901 (27.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Nicola shared boundaries with:

• Douglas Lake
• Kamloops
• Lytton
• Okanagan Mission
• Osoyoos
• Princeton
• Spence’s Bridge
• Yale

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 752 total population, 405 males, 347 females, 326 married persons, 213 families, 165 married females, 161 married males, 20 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 3.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 406 single persons under 18, 237 single males under 18, 169 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 743 persons who are not French Canadian, 9 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 166 occupied houses, 93 houses, 93 houses built of wood, 73 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 71 houses of 1 story, 27 houses of 1 room, 22 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 37,291 acres of land in farms, 33,819 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,599 bushels of spring wheat, 10,223 bushels of oats, 6,727 pounds of homemade butter, 6,329 bushels of potatoes, 4,556 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,006 bushels of barley, 2,938 other cattle, 2,743 tons of hay, 2,686 bushels of turnips, 2,680 bushels of peas, 2,391 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,320 chickens, 2,313 acres of hay crops, 1,142 horses aged over 3 years, 1,081 acres of improved land in farms, 1,017 acres of farmland under crops, 810 bushels of winter wheat, 618 cattle killed or sold, 581 horses aged 3 years and under, 544 sheep, 520 acres of wheat, 500 sheep slaughtered or sold, 460 swine, 330 bushels of rye, 302 swine slaughtered or sold, 279 milk cows, 225 acres of oats, 164 occupants of farms, 102 farm occupants who rent their land, 96 acres of barley, 86 turkeys, 85 bushels of corn, 69 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 61 farm occupants who own their land, 54 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 51 ducks, 36 acres of potatoes, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 acres of turnips, 16 other fowl, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 oxen, 1 employees on farms, 1 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC005009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC005009 — 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). "Nicola, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/nicola-bc005009-1891/.