Boulton & Shell River, Manitoba (1891 census)

Boulton & Shell River was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 439. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.849°N, 101.093°W.

Population

In 1891, Boulton & Shell River had a population of 439: 265 male and 174 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 North Western, 1881 (32.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Boulton, 1901 (7.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Grandview, 1901 (8.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Minitonas, 1901 (8.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Swan River, T-V, 1901 (11.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Shell River, 1901 (8.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Boulton & Shell River shared boundaries with:

• Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg
• Qu’Appelle
• Riding Mountain
• Rossburn
• Russell, Silver Creek

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 439 total population, 265 males, 174 females, 120 married persons, 105 families, 62 married males, 58 married females, 13 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 306 single persons under 18, 198 single males under 18, 108 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 434 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 101 occupied houses, 90 houses, 87 houses built of wood, 74 uninhabited houses, 50 houses of 2 stories, 39 houses of 1 story, 25 houses under construction, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 1 room, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 11 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 9 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 30,158 acres of land in farms, 27,198 acres of farmland in pasture, 20,589 bushels of oats, 19,902 pounds of homemade butter, 13,627 bushels of spring wheat, 5,940 bushels of turnips, 5,543 bushels of potatoes, 5,430 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,228 tons of hay, 3,810 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,480 bushels of barley, 2,310 acres of improved land in farms, 2,281 acres of farmland under crops, 1,934 chickens, 1,078 other cattle, 1,075 acres of wheat, 1,016 acres of oats, 731 sheep, 662 milk cows, 650 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 288 cattle killed or sold, 262 horses aged over 3 years, 169 horses aged 3 years and under, 150 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 139 acres of barley, 117 other fowl, 102 swine slaughtered or sold, 101 occupants of farms, 97 farm occupants who own their land, 95 oxen, 73 sheep slaughtered or sold, 67 swine, 55 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 36 acres of potatoes, 31 turkeys, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 bushels of corn, 17 geese, 16 acres of turnips, 15 bushels of peas, 6 ducks, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB007005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB007005 — 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 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). "Boulton & Shell River, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/boulton-shell-river-mb007005-1891/.