Priest’s Valley, British Columbia (1891 census)
Priest’s Valley was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 739. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q985671. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.312°N, 119.142°W.
Population
In 1891, Priest’s Valley had a population of 739: 535 male and 204 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 (7.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, East—Est, 1901 (5.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Priest’s Valley shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 739 total population, 535 males, 245 married persons, 204 females, 175 families, 155 married males, 90 married females, 23 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 11 widowed females, 4.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 471 single persons under 18, 368 single males under 18, 103 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 675 persons who are not French Canadian, 64 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 173 occupied houses, 141 houses, 141 houses built of wood, 123 houses of 1 story, 55 houses of 1 room, 32 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 86,901 acres of land in farms, 63,381 acres of farmland in pasture, 51,160 bushels of spring wheat, 36,099 bushels of oats, 29,803 bushels of winter wheat, 19,683 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,517 bushels of potatoes, 7,139 bushels of turnips, 5,520 pounds of homemade butter, 5,298 other cattle, 3,837 acres of improved land in farms, 3,750 tons of hay, 3,707 acres of farmland under crops, 3,011 chickens, 2,901 acres of wheat, 2,318 acres of hay crops, 1,927 swine, 1,645 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,443 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,136 horses aged over 3 years, 1,086 cattle killed or sold, 1,050 bushels of barley, 856 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 692 horses aged 3 years and under, 683 acres of oats, 474 bushels of peas, 420 sheep slaughtered or sold, 294 sheep, 197 milk cows, 142 occupants of farms, 130 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 104 farm occupants who own their land, 89 bushels of beans, 75 bushels of corn, 62 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 56 acres of potatoes, 49 ducks, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 farm occupants who rent their land, 29 acres of barley, 24 acres of turnips, 20 turkeys, 19 geese, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 other fowl, 6 oxen, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q985671
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon,_British_Columbia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_(Colombie-Britannique)
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). "Priest’s Valley, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/priest-s-valley-bc005012-1891/.