Derby, Manitoba (1891 census)
Derby was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,245. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.116°N, 99.383°W.
Population
In 1891, Derby had a population of 1,245: 741 male and 504 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 (4.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Derby shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,245 total population, 741 males, 504 females, 431 families, 406 married persons, 206 married females, 200 married males, 36 widowed persons, 24 widowed males, 12 widowed females, 2.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 803 single persons under 18, 517 single males under 18, 286 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,244 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 410 houses, 410 occupied houses, 407 houses built of wood, 212 houses of 2 stories, 197 houses of 1 story, 105 houses of 2 rooms, 81 houses of 4 rooms, 79 houses of 1 room, 79 houses of 3 rooms, 39 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 29 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 221,032 bushels of spring wheat, 117,535 bushels of oats, 112,080 pounds of homemade butter, 87,982 acres of land in farms, 69,149 acres of farmland in pasture, 47,875 bushels of turnips, 39,512 bushels of potatoes, 37,507 bushels of barley, 18,708 acres of improved land in farms, 18,540 acres of farmland under crops, 16,850 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 12,427 acres of wheat, 8,976 chickens, 7,831 tons of hay, 7,182 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,802 acres of oats, 1,885 other cattle, 1,353 acres of barley, 994 milk cows, 968 swine, 928 sheep, 853 ducks, 802 swine slaughtered or sold, 744 horses aged over 3 years, 621 geese, 601 turkeys, 479 bushels of peas, 470 oxen, 437 occupants of farms, 417 farm occupants who own their land, 334 cattle killed or sold, 295 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 232 horses aged 3 years and under, 195 acres of turnips, 168 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 154 acres of potatoes, 125 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 125 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 70 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 40 bushels of corn, 39 sheep slaughtered or sold, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 other fowl, 10 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB009009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB009009— 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). "Derby, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/derby-mb009009-1891/.