Year: 1891
| Province: British Columbia
West Shore, British Columbia (1891 census)
West Shore was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,906. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.684°N, 123.638°W.
Population
In 1891, West Shore had a population of 2,906: 1,493 male and 1,413 female residents. Population density was 14.7 people per square mile.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, West Shore shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 126 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 8.60 |
| FAM NO | 338 |
| Number of families | 338 |
| Number of females | 1,413 |
| Number of males | 1,493 |
| Number of married females | 848 |
| Number of married males | 841 |
| Number of married persons | 1,689 |
| Number of widowed females | 162 |
| Number of widowed males | 86 |
| Number of widowed persons | 248 |
| POP F | 1,413 |
| POP M | 1,493 |
| POP TOT | 2,906 |
| Total population | 2,906 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 403 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 566 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 969 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,905 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 225 |
| Number of houses | 105 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 105 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 28 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 81 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 24 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses under construction | 9 |
| Number of occupied houses | 330 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 35 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 194 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 719 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 3 |
| Acres of hay crops | 15 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 38 |
| Acres of land in farms | 951 |
| Acres of potatoes | 15 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,564 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 139 |
| HAY AC | 15 |
| HAY TONS | 17 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 6 |
| Number of chickens | 365 |
| Number of ducks | 11 |
| Number of employees on farms | 5 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 25 |
| Number of geese | 33 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 19 |
| Number of milk cows | 17 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 30 |
| Number of other cattle | 80 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 23 |
| Number of sheep | 43 |
| Number of swine | 85 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 3 |
| POT AC | 15 |
| POT BU | 1,564 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 169 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 500 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 17 |
Other recorded variables (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 5 |
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 500 |
| CATTLE KS | 6 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 403 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 566 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 969 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 169 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| DUCKS | 11 |
| FAMILIES | 338 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 8.60 |
| FRN CA | 1 |
| GEESE | 33 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 365 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 19 |
| HOUSES | 105 |
| HOUSES CON | 9 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 12 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 28 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 81 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 5 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 24 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 32 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 24 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 11 |
| HOUSES W | 105 |
| INF 11 A | 23 |
| MD FEM | 848 |
| MD MALE | 841 |
| MD TOT | 1,689 |
| MILK COWS | 17 |
| NAME CD | Vancouver |
| OC E | 5 |
| OC P | 25 |
| OC TOT | 30 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 80 |
| OTHERS | 2,905 |
| SHEEP | 43 |
| SUP AM | 38 |
| SUP FOR | 719 |
| SUP JV | 35 |
| SUP PAT | 194 |
| SUP SC | 3 |
| SUP TOT | 951 |
| SWINE | 85 |
| SWINE KS | 3 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 330 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 139 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 225 |
| WID FEM | 162 |
| WID MALE | 86 |
| WID TOT | 248 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
BC003014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_BC003014 — 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). "West Shore, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/west-shore-bc003014-1891/.