Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier, British Columbia (1891 census)
Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 8,707. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.437°N, 123.360°W.
Population
In 1891, Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier had a population of 8,707: 5,569 male and 3,138 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,665 |
| 1891 | 8,707 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Victoria, City—Cité, 1901 (54.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 8,707 total population, 5,569 males, 3,138 females, 2,568 married persons, 1,718 families, 1,329 married males, 1,239 married females, 209 widowed persons, 133 widowed females, 76 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,930 single persons under 18, 4,164 single males under 18, 1,766 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 8,682 persons who are not French Canadian, 25 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,662 occupied houses, 1,639 houses, 1,499 houses built of wood, 994 houses of 1 story, 627 houses of 2 stories, 609 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 301 houses of 5 rooms, 273 houses of 4 rooms, 145 houses of 3 rooms, 138 houses built of brick, 129 houses of 1 room, 125 houses of 2 rooms, 48 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 48 houses under construction, 37 uninhabited houses, 23 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 16 houses of 3 stories, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,675 sheep slaughtered or sold, 16,004 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15,615 bushels of potatoes, 12,865 chickens, 10,112 bushels of oats, 8,516 bushels of turnips, 4,359 cattle killed or sold, 4,301 sheep, 4,275 acres of land in farms, 4,245 pounds of homemade butter, 2,805 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,950 bushels of spring wheat, 1,796 swine slaughtered or sold, 862 tons of hay, 745 acres of improved land in farms, 725 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 526 ducks, 496 horses aged over 3 years, 488 acres of farmland under crops, 452 acres of hay crops, 390 bushels of peas, 380 other cattle, 371 milk cows, 311 swine, 300 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 257 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 227 acres of oats, 156 acres of wheat, 154 occupants of farms, 131 other fowl, 127 farm occupants who own their land, 107 acres of potatoes, 105 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 69 geese, 52 bushels of buckwheat, 50 bushels of barley, 34 bushels of beans, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 27 oxen, 26 acres of turnips, 26 farm occupants who rent their land, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 23 turkeys, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 11 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 bushels of corn, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of barley, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Barker | 1817–1894 | died here |
| Roderick Finlayson | 1818–1892 | died here |
| Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie | 1819–1894 | died here |
| Hermann Otto Tiedemann | 1821–1891 | died here |
| Catharine Morton | 1837–1892 | died here |
| Agnes Deans Cameron | 1863–1912 | born here |
| Emily Carr | 1871–1945 | born here |
| Josette Legacé | d. 1896 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC004002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC004002— 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). "Victoria, Johnson Street, Ward—Quartier, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/victoria-johnson-street-ward-quartier-bc004002-1891/.