Princeton, British Columbia (1891 census)
Princeton was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 220. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1020218. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.198°N, 120.181°W.
Population
In 1891, Princeton had a population of 220: 162 male and 58 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 Osoyoos, 1881 (13.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, East—Est, 1901 (11.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Princeton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 220 total population, 162 males, 79 married persons, 75 families, 58 females, 58 married males, 21 married females, 10 widowed persons, 6 widowed females, 4 widowed males, 3 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 131 single persons under 18, 100 single males under 18, 31 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 218 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 75 occupied houses, 68 houses, 68 houses built of wood, 68 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 1 room, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 4 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 11,820 acres of land in farms, 11,669 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,294 bushels of potatoes, 2,155 bushels of oats, 1,620 pounds of homemade butter, 717 bushels of spring wheat, 640 bushels of turnips, 405 chickens, 395 other cattle, 378 horses aged over 3 years, 320 tons of hay, 237 acres of hay crops, 165 horses aged 3 years and under, 151 acres of improved land in farms, 137 acres of farmland under crops, 125 swine, 124 cattle killed or sold, 76 acres of oats, 73 milk cows, 43 acres of wheat, 28 occupants of farms, 28 turkeys, 28 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 19 swine slaughtered or sold, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 acres of potatoes, 13 farm occupants who own their land, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 sheep, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 ducks, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1020218
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). "Princeton, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/princeton-bc005013-1891/.