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Year: 1891  |  Province: Manitoba

Assiniboia, Manitoba (1891 census)

Assiniboia was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,237. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.888°N, 97.328°W.

Population

In 1891, Assiniboia had a population of 1,237: 677 male and 560 female residents. Population density was 8.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18811,548
18911,237
19011,071

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Assiniboia shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.90
FAM NO208
Number of families208
Number of females560
Number of males677
Number of married females183
Number of married males185
Number of married persons368
Number of widowed females26
Number of widowed males7
Number of widowed persons33
POP F560
POP M677
POP TOT1,237
Total population1,237
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18351
Number of single males under 18485
Number of single persons under 18836
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians72
Number of persons who are not French Canadian1,165
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties8
Number of houses197
Number of houses built of brick2
Number of houses built of wood195
Number of houses of 1 room8
Number of houses of 1 story56
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms5
Number of houses of 2 rooms28
Number of houses of 2 stories140
Number of houses of 3 rooms22
Number of houses of 3 stories1
Number of houses of 4 rooms23
Number of houses of 5 rooms25
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms84
Number of houses of over 15 rooms2
Number of houses under construction1
Number of occupied houses205
Number of uninhabited houses14
Agriculture (56 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley653
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards224
Acres of farmland in pasture27,978
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest3,029
Acres of farmland under crops7,436
Acres of improved land in farms7,660
Acres of land in farms38,667
Acres of oats3,408
Acres of potatoes251
Acres of turnips38
Acres of wheat3,148
BAR AC653
BAR BU18,227
Bushels of barley produced in the past year18,227
Bushels of oats produced in the past year106,005
Bushels of peas produced in the past year288
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year54,921
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year60,351
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year12,030
HAY TONS8,825
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year623
Number of chickens3,994
Number of ducks50
Number of employees on farms7
Number of farm occupants who own their land144
Number of farm occupants who rent their land38
Number of geese29
Number of horses aged 3 years and under405
Number of horses aged over 3 years831
Number of milk cows1,211
Number of occupants of farms189
Number of other cattle1,524
Number of other fowl5
Number of oxen183
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres41
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres24
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres23
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres63
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres38
Number of sheep493
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold12
Number of swine491
Number of swine slaughtered or sold358
Number of turkeys325
OAT AC3,408
OAT BU106,005
PEA BU288
POT AC251
POT BU54,921
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year300
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year1,638
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year80
Pounds of homemade butter58,786
Tons of hay produced in the past year8,825
WHT AC3,148
WHT SP BU60,351
Other recorded variables (68 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20041
A 11 5024
A 201 PL63
A 51 10023
BUTTER LB58,786
CATTLE KS623
CHEESE LB300
CHILD AND UNMD FEM351
CHILD AND UNMD MALE485
CHILD AND UNMD TOT836
COARSE WOOL LB1,638
COLTS FILLIES405
DUCKS50
FAMILIES208
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.90
FINE WOOL LB80
FRN CA72
GEESE29
HENS AND CHKN3,994
HORSES OVR THREE831
HOUSES197
HOUSES B2
HOUSES CON1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM5
HOUSES FIVE RM25
HOUSES FOUR RM23
HOUSES ONE RM8
HOUSES ONE STRY56
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM84
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM2
HOUSES THREE RM22
HOUSES THREE STRY1
HOUSES TWO RM28
HOUSES TWO STRY140
HOUSES UNINH14
HOUSES W195
INF 11 A38
MD FEM183
MD MALE185
MD TOT368
MILK COWS1,211
NAME CDLisgar
OC E7
OC F38
OC P144
OC TOT189
OTHER FOWL5
OTHER HRN CATTLE1,524
OTHERS1,165
SHEEP493
SHEEP KS12
SUP AM7,660
SUP FOR3,029
SUP JV224
SUP PAT27,978
SUP SC7,436
SUP TOT38,667
SWINE491
SWINE KS358
TOT DWLG OCC205
TUR AC38
TUR BU12,030
TURKEY325
VESS AND SHAN8
WID FEM26
WID MALE7
WID TOT33
WORKING OX183

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). "Assiniboia, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/assiniboia-mb006001-1891/.