Carleton, Manitoba (1891 census)
Carleton was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,484. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.399°N, 98.344°W.
Population
In 1891, Carleton had a population of 1,484: 831 male and 653 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 Dufferin N, 1881 (49.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Carleton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,484 total population, 831 males, 653 females, 459 married persons, 426 families, 231 married males, 228 married females, 40 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 19 widowed females, 3.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 985 single persons under 18, 579 single males under 18, 406 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,446 persons who are not French Canadian, 38 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 426 houses, 426 houses built of wood, 426 occupied houses, 310 houses of 2 stories, 116 houses of 1 story, 104 houses of 4 rooms, 95 houses of 2 rooms, 94 houses of 1 room, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 39 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 34 houses of 5 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 171,520 bushels of spring wheat, 94,148 pounds of homemade butter, 88,678 acres of land in farms, 71,965 bushels of oats, 62,641 acres of farmland in pasture, 19,404 bushels of potatoes, 16,758 acres of improved land in farms, 16,751 acres of farmland under crops, 16,444 bushels of barley, 12,539 acres of wheat, 9,279 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,211 tons of hay, 6,774 chickens, 3,334 acres of oats, 2,290 other cattle, 1,700 bushels of turnips, 1,379 milk cows, 822 acres of barley, 816 horses aged over 3 years, 711 cattle killed or sold, 633 swine slaughtered or sold, 564 swine, 456 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 387 occupants of farms, 333 farm occupants who own their land, 307 horses aged 3 years and under, 233 oxen, 231 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 154 turkeys, 140 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 135 sheep, 86 geese, 76 acres of potatoes, 53 farm occupants who rent their land, 52 sheep slaughtered or sold, 25 ducks, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 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:
MB009005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB009005— 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). "Carleton, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/carleton-mb009005-1891/.