Osoyoos, British Columbia (1891 census)

Osoyoos was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 711. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.322°N, 119.785°W.

Population

In 1891, Osoyoos had a population of 711: 462 male and 249 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Osoyoos, 1881 (11.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, East—Est, 1901 (10.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Osoyoos shared boundaries with:

• Nicola
• Okanagan Mission
• Princeton

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 711 total population, 462 males, 249 females, 248 married persons, 208 families, 136 married males, 112 married females, 33 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 3.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 430 single persons under 18, 310 single males under 18, 120 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 706 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 207 occupied houses, 174 houses, 174 houses built of wood, 170 houses of 1 story, 151 houses of 1 room, 33 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 61,201 acres of land in farms, 59,393 acres of farmland in pasture, 19,885 bushels of oats, 11,267 bushels of potatoes, 9,224 other cattle, 6,219 bushels of spring wheat, 3,405 pounds of homemade butter, 3,396 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,610 chickens, 2,490 tons of hay, 2,120 bushels of turnips, 1,923 horses aged over 3 years, 1,805 acres of hay crops, 1,619 cattle killed or sold, 1,442 horses aged 3 years and under, 999 acres of improved land in farms, 919 acres of farmland under crops, 833 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 809 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 660 bushels of rye, 573 swine, 547 acres of oats, 507 sheep slaughtered or sold, 315 bushels of corn, 313 sheep, 270 acres of wheat, 240 swine slaughtered or sold, 157 milk cows, 144 occupants of farms, 105 bushels of peas, 90 bushels of barley, 88 farm occupants who own their land, 84 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 80 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 68 acres of potatoes, 56 farm occupants who rent their land, 55 bushels of beans, 52 ducks, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 geese, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 turkeys, 4 oxen, 3 acres of barley, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: BC005011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC005011 — 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). "Osoyoos, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/osoyoos-bc005011-1891/.