St. Boniface, Manitoba (1881–1901)
St. Boniface was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in 3 censuses between 1881 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1004192, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 1,283 in 1881 to 585 in 1901).
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from NO DATA in 1881
Descendant places
- later split into St. Boniface, C in 1891
- later split into Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 1 in 1891
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,283 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 251 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 585 | View 1901 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 17 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Lagimonière | 1778–1855 | died here |
| Marie-Anne Lajimonière | 1780–1875 | died here |
| Joseph-Norbert Provencher | 1787–1853 | died here |
| Suzanne Connolly | 1788–1862 | died here |
| Scholastique Gosselin | 1806–1876 | died here |
| Marie-Louise Valade | 1808–1861 | died here |
| François-Jacques Bruneau | 1809–1865 | died here |
| Louis Riel, Sr. | 1817–1864 | died here |
| Marc-Amable Girard | 1822–1892 | died here |
| Alexandre-Antonin Taché | 1823–1894 | died here |
| Henri Faraud | 1823–1890 | died here |
| Louis Bétournay | 1825–1879 | died here |
| Pierre Delorme | 1831–1912 | born here |
| Elzéar Goulet | b. 1836 | born here |
| Charles Nolin | 1837–1907 | born here |
| Alfred Henry Scott | 1840–1872 | died here |
| Théogène Fafard | 1854–1890 | died here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB010010— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q1004192
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Boniface,_Winnipeg
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Boniface_(Manitoba)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.