Morris, Manitoba (1891 census)

Morris was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 739. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660794. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.406°N, 97.515°W.

Population

In 1891, Morris had a population of 739: 426 male and 313 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Morris, 1901 (85.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Morris shared boundaries with:

• Cartier
• Douglas
• Dufferin N
• Macdonald
• Montcalm
• Morris, T-V
• St. François-Xavier
• Youville

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 739 total population, 426 males, 313 females, 248 married persons, 145 families, 134 married males, 114 married females, 9 widowed persons, 6 widowed females, 5.10 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 482 single persons under 18, 289 single males under 18, 193 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 538 persons who are not French Canadian, 201 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 145 houses, 145 occupied houses, 144 houses built of wood, 115 houses of 1 story, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 30 houses of 2 stories, 27 houses of 2 rooms, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 92,434 bushels of spring wheat, 58,109 bushels of oats, 51,903 acres of land in farms, 42,082 acres of farmland in pasture, 31,434 bushels of barley, 24,680 pounds of homemade butter, 16,087 bushels of potatoes, 9,821 acres of improved land in farms, 9,817 acres of farmland under crops, 6,957 bushels of turnips, 6,067 acres of wheat, 3,978 chickens, 3,712 tons of hay, 2,436 acres of oats, 1,268 acres of barley, 872 other cattle, 585 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 510 milk cows, 443 swine, 442 swine slaughtered or sold, 425 horses aged over 3 years, 218 cattle killed or sold, 154 sheep, 147 occupants of farms, 146 farm occupants who own their land, 110 horses aged 3 years and under, 106 oxen, 97 bushels of peas, 92 acres of potatoes, 85 turkeys, 78 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 53 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 46 geese, 41 ducks, 27 acres of turnips, 25 bushels of beans, 12 other fowl, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 bushels of corn, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB008009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB156004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1660794
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Morris

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). "Morris, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/morris-mb008009-1891/.