Deloraine, Manitoba (1891 census)

Deloraine was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,928. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q86580. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.135°N, 100.297°W.

Population

In 1891, Deloraine had a population of 1,928: 1,087 male and 841 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 South Western, 1881 (4.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Boissevain, Town—Ville, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Deloraine shared boundaries with:

• Medora
• Turtle Mountain
• Whitewater

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,928 total population, 1,087 males, 841 females, 665 married persons, 465 families, 335 married males, 330 married females, 42 widowed persons, 24 widowed males, 18 widowed females, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,221 single persons under 18, 728 single males under 18, 493 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,923 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 464 houses, 464 occupied houses, 459 houses built of wood, 291 houses of 1 story, 172 houses of 2 stories, 102 houses of 3 rooms, 83 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 82 houses of 1 room, 72 houses of 4 rooms, 68 houses of 2 rooms, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 5 houses built of stone, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 261,557 bushels of spring wheat, 107,486 acres of land in farms, 82,938 bushels of oats, 80,198 acres of farmland in pasture, 46,164 pounds of homemade butter, 26,667 acres of improved land in farms, 26,660 acres of farmland under crops, 21,369 acres of wheat, 17,062 bushels of potatoes, 9,091 bushels of barley, 7,705 chickens, 7,023 tons of hay, 6,170 bushels of turnips, 4,528 acres of oats, 1,384 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,269 other cattle, 1,110 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,025 cattle killed or sold, 1,024 swine slaughtered or sold, 996 horses aged over 3 years, 773 milk cows, 751 swine, 660 sheep slaughtered or sold, 625 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 621 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 471 acres of barley, 460 sheep, 424 horses aged 3 years and under, 347 occupants of farms, 318 farm occupants who own their land, 293 oxen, 275 turkeys, 211 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 163 acres of potatoes, 126 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 120 ducks, 102 geese, 32 acres of turnips, 30 bushels of corn, 30 bushels of peas, 30 other fowl, 29 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 bushels of rye, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB009008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB009008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q86580
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloraine,_Manitoba
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloraine_(Manitoba)

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). "Deloraine, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/deloraine-mb009008-1891/.