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. Population density was 0.0 people per square mile.
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 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 2.10 |
| FAM NO | 153 |
| Number of families | 153 |
| Number of females | 40 |
| Number of males | 276 |
| Number of married females | 14 |
| Number of married males | 69 |
| Number of married persons | 83 |
| Number of widowed females | 3 |
| Number of widowed males | 22 |
| Number of widowed persons | 25 |
| POP F | 40 |
| POP M | 276 |
| POP TOT | 316 |
| Total population | 316 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 23 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 185 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 208 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 4 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 312 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 153 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 153 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 76 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 152 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 37 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 153 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 39 |
Agriculture (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,658 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 154 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1 |
| Acres of hay crops | 192 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,813 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 59 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 528 |
| HAY AC | 192 |
| HAY TONS | 91 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 13 |
| Number of chickens | 189 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 21 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 43 |
| Number of milk cows | 16 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 23 |
| Number of other cattle | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 7 |
| Number of swine | 40 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 42 |
| POT AC | 1 |
| POT BU | 59 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 200 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 91 |
Other recorded variables (52 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 3 |
| A 11 50 | 8 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 3 |
| BUTTER LB | 200 |
| CATTLE KS | 13 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 23 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 185 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 208 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 153 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 2.10 |
| FRN CA | 4 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 189 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 43 |
| HOUSES | 153 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 2 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 76 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 152 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 11 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 15 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 37 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 39 |
| HOUSES W | 153 |
| INF 11 A | 7 |
| MD FEM | 14 |
| MD MALE | 69 |
| MD TOT | 83 |
| MILK COWS | 16 |
| NAME CD | Cariboo |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 21 |
| OC TOT | 23 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 9 |
| OTHERS | 312 |
| SUP AM | 1 |
| SUP FOR | 154 |
| SUP PAT | 1,658 |
| SUP SC | 1 |
| SUP TOT | 1,813 |
| SWINE | 40 |
| SWINE KS | 42 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 153 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 528 |
| WID FEM | 3 |
| WID MALE | 22 |
| WID TOT | 25 |
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/.