Williams’ Lake, British Columbia (1891 census)

Name: Williams’ Lake (1891)
Address: British Columbia, CA

Williams’ Lake was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 410. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.230°N, 121.200°W.

Population

In 1891, Williams’ Lake had a population of 410: 285 male and 125 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Cariboo, 1901 (7.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Williams’ Lake shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 410 total population, 285 males, 143 married persons, 125 females, 87 married males, 72 families, 56 married females, 16 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 5.70 average size of families, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 251 single persons under 18, 193 single males under 18, 58 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 407 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 71 occupied houses, 68 houses, 68 houses built of wood, 60 houses of 1 story, 35 uninhabited houses, 29 houses of 1 room, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses under construction, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 4 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,776 acres of land in farms, 12,635 bushels of oats, 12,436 bushels of spring wheat, 11,970 pounds of homemade butter, 11,381 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,259 bushels of barley, 5,300 bushels of potatoes, 3,219 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,914 tons of hay, 2,688 other cattle, 2,680 acres of hay crops, 1,270 bushels of winter wheat, 1,241 chickens, 1,176 acres of improved land in farms, 1,140 acres of farmland under crops, 966 bushels of turnips, 893 cattle killed or sold, 794 horses aged over 3 years, 693 swine, 527 acres of wheat, 522 swine slaughtered or sold, 434 bushels of peas, 424 milk cows, 392 acres of oats, 377 horses aged 3 years and under, 250 bushels of rye, 236 acres of barley, 131 ducks, 47 occupants of farms, 40 acres of potatoes, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 28 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 farm occupants who own their land, 14 sheep, 14 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 sheep slaughtered or sold, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 geese, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 turkeys, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: BC001011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_BC001011 — 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). "Williams’ Lake, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/williams-lake-bc001011-1891/.