Burnside, Manitoba (1881 census)
Burnside was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,395. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.967°N, 98.459°W.
Population
In 1881, Burnside had a population of 1,395: 776 male and 619 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 NO DATA, 1871 (0.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Portage la Prairie, 1891 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Burnside shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,395 total population, 776 males, 619 females, 426 married persons, 272 families, 216 married males, 210 married females, 27 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 942 single persons under 18, 547 single males under 18, 395 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 260 inhabited houses, 260 occupied houses, 16 houses under construction, 13 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 192,101 bushels of oats, 121,292 bushels of spring wheat, 23,811 bushels of potatoes, 17,941 bushels of barley, 8,408 tons of hay, 5,984 acres of wheat, 3,984 acres of hay crops, 3,476 bushels of turnips, 1,337 bushels of other root crops, 134 acres of potatoes, 110 bushels of peas and beans, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 6 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,408 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB186004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB186004— 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 1881 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). "Burnside, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/burnside-mb186004-1881/.