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Year: 1891  |  Province: British Columbia  |  Wikidata: Q826427

Yale, British Columbia (1891 census)

Yale was a census subdivision in British Columbia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 382. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q826427. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.851°N, 121.329°W.

Population

In 1891, Yale had a population of 382: 221 male and 161 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Yale shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 382 total population, 221 males, 161 females, 140 married persons, 111 families, 72 married males, 68 married females, 24 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 3.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 218 single persons under 18, 142 single males under 18, 76 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 382 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 109 occupied houses, 95 houses, 95 houses built of wood, 89 houses of 1 story, 46 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 2 rooms, 30 houses of 1 room, 14 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,665 acres of land in farms, 1,535 bushels of potatoes, 1,456 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 694 chickens, 600 pounds of homemade butter, 271 bushels of turnips, 123 acres of farmland in pasture, 86 acres of improved land in farms, 77 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 occupants of farms, 59 tons of hay, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 bushels of oats, 49 horses aged over 3 years, 44 farm occupants who rent their land, 42 bushels of spring wheat, 36 acres of hay crops, 24 swine slaughtered or sold, 21 other cattle, 20 milk cows, 16 bushels of corn, 16 farm occupants who own their land, 11 acres of potatoes, 11 swine, 10 ducks, 9 acres of farmland under crops, 5 cattle killed or sold, 5 turkeys, 4 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of oats, 2 bushels of barley, 2 bushels of peas, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Yale, British Columbia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/bc/yale-bc005016-1891/.