Cartier, Manitoba (1881 census)
Cartier was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,033. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1658423. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.680°N, 97.300°W.
Population
In 1881, Cartier had a population of 1,033: 555 male and 478 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 (0.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Macdonald, 1891 (82.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Cartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,033 total population, 555 males, 478 females, 320 married persons, 198 families, 161 married females, 159 married males, 21 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 692 single persons under 18, 391 single males under 18, 301 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 178 inhabited houses, 178 occupied houses, 24 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 20,060 bushels of oats, 14,142 bushels of spring wheat, 7,254 bushels of potatoes, 5,196 tons of hay, 3,363 acres of hay crops, 2,190 bushels of barley, 1,865 bushels of peas and beans, 1,242 bushels of other root crops, 888 bushels of turnips, 673 acres of wheat, 98 bushels of corn, 75 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 64 acres of potatoes, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,033 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:
MB184006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB184006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1658423
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Cartier
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). "Cartier, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/cartier-mb184006-1881/.