Spallumcheen, British Columbia (1891 census)
Spallumcheen was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,342. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7573012. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.660°N, 118.757°W.
Population
In 1891, Spallumcheen had a population of 1,342: 1,000 male and 342 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 (27.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Yale, North—Nord, 1901 (12.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Spallumcheen shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,342 total population, 1,000 males, 422 married persons, 343 families, 342 females, 275 married males, 147 married females, 26 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 5 widowed females, 3.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 894 single persons under 18, 704 single males under 18, 190 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,317 persons who are not French Canadian, 25 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 342 occupied houses, 228 houses, 228 houses built of wood, 196 houses of 1 story, 114 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 67 houses of 1 room, 43 houses of 2 rooms, 32 houses of 2 stories, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 59,132 acres of land in farms, 58,992 bushels of spring wheat, 42,243 bushels of oats, 31,210 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,240 acres of farmland in pasture, 18,305 bushels of potatoes, 11,040 bushels of winter wheat, 10,645 bushels of turnips, 7,590 pounds of homemade butter, 5,485 chickens, 3,682 acres of improved land in farms, 3,449 acres of farmland under crops, 2,725 tons of hay, 2,381 acres of wheat, 2,370 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,122 swine, 1,866 acres of hay crops, 1,762 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,642 other cattle, 1,172 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 858 bushels of peas, 821 acres of oats, 774 horses aged over 3 years, 669 sheep, 556 cattle killed or sold, 534 bushels of barley, 525 sheep slaughtered or sold, 288 milk cows, 275 horses aged 3 years and under, 233 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 216 occupants of farms, 180 farm occupants who own their land, 145 acres of potatoes, 79 bushels of corn, 76 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 76 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 69 ducks, 66 bushels of beans, 46 acres of turnips, 36 farm occupants who rent their land, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 turkeys, 25 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 16 oxen, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 acres of barley, 3 bushels of buckwheat, 1 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC005014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC005014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7573012
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). "Spallumcheen, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/spallumcheen-bc005014-1891/.