Nicola, O’Kanagan, British Columbia (1881 census)
Nicola, O’Kanagan was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,199. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.212°N, 119.705°W.
Population
In 1881, Nicola, O’Kanagan had a population of 1,199: 708 male and 491 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 NO DATA, 1871 (1.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Nicola, 1891 (37.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Priest’s Valley, 1891 (7.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Douglas Lake, 1891 (27.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Spallumcheen, 1891 (27.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Nicola, O’Kanagan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,199 total population, 708 males, 491 females, 386 married persons, 246 families, 205 married males, 181 married females, 44 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 769 single persons under 18, 484 single males under 18, 285 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 234 occupied houses, 226 inhabited houses, 8 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 44,460 bushels of oats, 24,071 bushels of spring wheat, 16,923 bushels of potatoes, 6,719 bushels of barley, 5,477 tons of hay, 4,008 acres of hay crops, 2,872 bushels of turnips, 1,993 bushels of other root crops, 1,856 bushels of peas and beans, 1,238 acres of wheat, 984 bushels of winter wheat, 550 bushels of corn, 168 acres of potatoes, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,198 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC190003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC190003— 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 1881 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, O’Kanagan, British Columbia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/nicola-o-kanagan-bc190003-1881/.