Quesnelle, British Columbia (1891 census)
Quesnelle was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 706. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2067514. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.033°N, 123.156°W.
Population
In 1891, Quesnelle had a population of 706: 508 male and 203 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 Quesnelmouth, 1881 (40.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Cariboo, 1901 (2.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Quesnelle shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 706 total population, 508 males, 318 married persons, 229 married males, 203 females, 193 families, 89 married females, 34 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 13 widowed females, 3.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 354 single persons under 18, 253 single males under 18, 101 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 694 persons who are not French Canadian, 12 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 191 occupied houses, 143 houses, 143 houses built of wood, 136 houses of 1 story, 82 houses of 1 room, 48 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 houses of 4 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,380 bushels of oats, 4,713 bushels of potatoes, 4,340 acres of land in farms, 3,323 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,115 pounds of homemade butter, 2,042 bushels of spring wheat, 1,757 bushels of turnips, 691 bushels of barley, 586 chickens, 517 acres of farmland in pasture, 500 acres of improved land in farms, 488 acres of farmland under crops, 320 acres of oats, 307 horses aged over 3 years, 263 tons of hay, 213 acres of hay crops, 212 swine, 188 other cattle, 170 bushels of winter wheat, 150 swine slaughtered or sold, 96 acres of wheat, 48 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 43 cattle killed or sold, 35 milk cows, 33 occupants of farms, 31 acres of potatoes, 30 acres of barley, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 farm occupants who own their land, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 sheep, 10 acres of turnips, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 ducks, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 turkeys, 3 oxen, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 geese. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Constance Lindsay Skinner | 1877–1939 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC001009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC001009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2067514
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). "Quesnelle, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/quesnelle-bc001009-1891/.