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Year: 1891  |  Province: Manitoba  |  Wikidata: Q1658351

Brenda, Manitoba (1891 census)

Brenda was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,016. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1658351. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.401°N, 100.782°W.

Population

In 1891, Brenda had a population of 1,016: 612 male and 404 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Brenda shared boundaries with:

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 1,016 total population, 612 males, 404 females, 305 married persons, 271 families, 153 married males, 152 married females, 21 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 9 widowed females, 3.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 690 single persons under 18, 447 single males under 18, 243 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 999 persons who are not French Canadian, 17 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 266 occupied houses, 263 houses, 239 houses built of wood, 216 houses of 1 story, 81 houses of 1 room, 64 houses of 2 rooms, 45 houses of 3 rooms, 31 uninhabited houses, 27 houses of 2 stories, 19 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 205,276 bushels of spring wheat, 85,596 acres of land in farms, 78,008 bushels of oats, 67,481 acres of farmland in pasture, 44,205 pounds of homemade butter, 16,949 acres of improved land in farms, 16,885 acres of farmland under crops, 13,592 acres of wheat, 12,636 bushels of potatoes, 5,055 bushels of turnips, 4,814 chickens, 4,384 tons of hay, 3,592 bushels of barley, 3,017 acres of oats, 1,855 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,534 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,166 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 745 horses aged over 3 years, 723 other cattle, 518 milk cows, 427 swine, 414 swine slaughtered or sold, 392 sheep, 340 horses aged 3 years and under, 339 oxen, 287 occupants of farms, 285 farm occupants who own their land, 187 acres of barley, 176 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 162 turkeys, 138 cattle killed or sold, 111 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 86 geese, 84 acres of potatoes, 75 ducks, 64 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 56 sheep slaughtered or sold, 55 bushels of peas, 51 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 acres of turnips, 11 other fowl, 3 bushels of corn, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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). "Brenda, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/brenda-mb009004-1891/.