78 townships, Manitoba (1911 census)
78 townships was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 19,308. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.799°N, 100.539°W.
Population
In 1911, 78 townships had a population of 19,308. Population density was 6.7 people per square mile.
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 contained Oakland, 1901 (7.7% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Glenwood, 1901 (7.7% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Sifton, 1901 (11.6% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Pipestone, 1901 (15.3% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Cornwallis, 1901 (6.5% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Whitehead, 1901 (7.7% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Brandon, City—Cité, 1901 (1.3% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Elton, 1901 (7.8% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Woodworth, 1901 (11.1% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Daly, 1901 (7.7% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Wallace, 1901 (15.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Oakland, 1921 (7.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Glenwood, 1921 (7.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Sifton, 1921 (11.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Pipestone, 1921 (15.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cornwallis, 1921 (7.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Whitehead, 1921 (7.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Elton, 1921 (7.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Woodworth, 1921 (11.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Daly, 1921 (7.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Wallace, 1921 (15.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, 78 townships shared boundaries with:
- 103 townships
- 128 townships
- 154 townships
- 209 townships
- 74 townships
- Brandon, City—Cité
- Elkhorn, VL
- Oak Lake I R
- Oak Lake, T-V
- Oak River I R
- Reston vl (T7 R27 MW1)
- Rivers, T-V
- Souris, T-V
- Virden, Town—Ville
- Wawanesa, VL
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 684 |
| POP F | 110 |
| POP M | 155 |
| POP PER SQ MI | 7.09 |
| POP TOT | 19,308 |
Other recorded variables (48 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 28 |
| ANGLICANS | 4,573 |
| AREA ACRES | 23,909 |
| AREA SQ MI | 37.36 |
| AUSTRO HUNGARIAN | 219 |
| BAPTISTS | 473 |
| BELGIAN | 47 |
| BRETHREN | 1 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 7,393 |
| BRIT IRISH | 4,020 |
| BRIT OTHER | 157 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 5,632 |
| BULGARIAN AND RUMANIAN | 1 |
| CHINESE | 3 |
| CHRISTIANS | 16 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 76 |
| DISCIPLES | 3 |
| DUTCH | 81 |
| DWELLINGS | 55 |
| F MARRIED | 40 |
| F SINGLE | 65 |
| F WIDOWED | 5 |
| FAMILIES | 55 |
| FRENCH | 530 |
| FRIENDS | 12 |
| GERMAN | 500 |
| GREEK | 8 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 90 |
| INDIAN | 44 |
| JEWISH | 7 |
| JEWS | 7 |
| LUTHERANS | 251 |
| M MARRIED | 40 |
| M SINGLE | 110 |
| M WIDOWED | 5 |
| METHODISTS | 4,635 |
| MORMONS | 6 |
| PAGANS | 1 |
| POLISH | 210 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 7,568 |
| PROTESTANTS | 3 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 1,306 |
| RUSSIAN | 123 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 18 |
| SCANDINAVIAN | 232 |
| SWISS | 4 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 97 |
| VARIOUS SECTS | 233 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB015001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB015001— 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 1911 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). "78 townships, Manitoba (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/78-townships-mb015001-1911/.