Richfield, British Columbia (1891 census)
Richfield was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 316. The administrative centroid was at approximately 56.542°N, 122.872°W.
Population
In 1891, Richfield had a population of 316: 276 male and 40 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Cariboo, 1901 (43.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Richfield shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 58 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 316 total population, 276 males, 153 families, 83 married persons, 69 married males, 40 females, 25 widowed persons, 22 widowed males, 14 married females, 3 widowed females, 2.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 208 single persons under 18, 185 single males under 18, 23 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 312 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 153 houses, 153 houses built of wood, 153 occupied houses, 152 houses of 1 story, 76 houses of 1 room, 39 uninhabited houses, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 7 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,813 acres of land in farms, 1,658 acres of farmland in pasture, 528 bushels of turnips, 200 pounds of homemade butter, 192 acres of hay crops, 189 chickens, 154 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 91 tons of hay, 59 bushels of potatoes, 43 horses aged over 3 years, 42 swine slaughtered or sold, 40 swine, 23 occupants of farms, 21 farm occupants who own their land, 16 milk cows, 13 cattle killed or sold, 9 other cattle, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of farmland under crops, 1 acres of improved land in farms, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC001010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC001010— 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). "Richfield, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/richfield-bc001010-1891/.