Minitonas, Manitoba (1901 census)

Minitonas was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 451. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660715. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.144°N, 100.979°W.

Population

In 1901, Minitonas had a population of 451: 265 male and 186 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Boulton & Shell River, 1891 (8.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Minitonas shared boundaries with:

• Swan River
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 451 total population, 265 males, 189 single males, 186 females, 127 families, 113 single females, 72 married males, 68 married females, 5 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 126 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 281,688 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB009027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB009027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1660715
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Minitonas
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitonas_(municipalit%C3%A9_rurale)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Minitonas, Manitoba (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/minitonas-mb009027-1901/.