Victoria, Yates Street, Ward—Quartier, British Columbia (1891 census)
Victoria, Yates Street, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,261. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.418°N, 123.342°W.
Population
In 1891, Victoria, Yates Street, Ward—Quartier had a population of 4,261: 2,906 male and 1,355 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,260 |
| 1891 | 4,261 |
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 (30.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Victoria, Yates Street, Ward—Quartier 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 4,261 total population, 2,906 males, 1,355 females, 1,207 married persons, 768 families, 656 married males, 551 married females, 124 widowed persons, 84 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,930 single persons under 18, 2,210 single males under 18, 720 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,245 persons who are not French Canadian, 16 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 750 occupied houses, 675 houses, 605 houses built of wood, 398 houses of 1 story, 256 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 250 houses of 2 stories, 121 houses of 5 rooms, 112 houses of 4 rooms, 75 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 68 houses built of brick, 63 houses of 3 rooms, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 35 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 32 houses of over 15 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 27 houses of 3 stories, 26 houses under construction, 20 houses of 1 room, 2 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,001,419 acres of land in farms, 2,000,010 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,343 chickens, 1,500 bushels of turnips, 1,229 acres of farmland in pasture, 937 bushels of potatoes, 738 horses aged over 3 years, 550 pounds of homemade butter, 475 ducks, 330 bushels of oats, 277 tons of hay, 264 bushels of winter wheat, 250 other fowl, 181 occupants of farms, 180 acres of hay crops, 180 acres of improved land in farms, 171 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 141 milk cows, 139 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 129 farm occupants who own their land, 127 horses aged 3 years and under, 74 other cattle, 57 geese, 52 farm occupants who rent their land, 41 acres of farmland under crops, 25 turkeys, 15 cattle killed or sold, 9 acres of oats, 8 acres of wheat, 8 swine, 7 acres of potatoes, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 swine slaughtered or sold. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Despard Pemberton | 1821–1893 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC004003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC004003— 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, Yates Street, Ward—Quartier, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/victoria-yates-street-ward-quartier-bc004003-1891/.