Douglas, Manitoba (1891 census)
Douglas was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,467. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.121°N, 97.570°W.
Population
In 1891, Douglas had a population of 4,467: 2,352 male and 2,115 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 S, 1881 (25.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gretna, Village, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Rhineland, 1901 (59.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Douglas 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 4,467 total population, 2,352 males, 2,115 females, 1,528 married persons, 817 families, 769 married males, 759 married females, 68 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,871 single persons under 18, 1,557 single males under 18, 1,314 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,467 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 816 occupied houses, 798 houses, 776 houses built of wood, 760 houses of 1 story, 268 houses of 4 rooms, 253 houses of 3 rooms, 99 houses of 2 rooms, 98 houses of 5 rooms, 77 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 38 houses of 2 stories, 22 houses built of brick, 18 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 504,744 bushels of spring wheat, 187,197 bushels of oats, 131,570 acres of land in farms, 92,495 pounds of homemade butter, 86,619 acres of farmland in pasture, 50,358 bushels of barley, 44,951 acres of farmland under crops, 44,951 acres of improved land in farms, 34,509 acres of wheat, 21,610 bushels of potatoes, 15,598 chickens, 13,535 tons of hay, 7,934 acres of oats, 7,235 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,371 acres of barley, 2,322 horses aged over 3 years, 2,081 swine, 1,922 bushels of turnips, 1,818 milk cows, 1,808 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,695 other cattle, 1,236 bushels of rye, 1,161 sheep, 701 occupants of farms, 660 horses aged 3 years and under, 637 farm occupants who own their land, 534 ducks, 475 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 465 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 450 cattle killed or sold, 426 oxen, 226 sheep slaughtered or sold, 170 acres of potatoes, 144 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 131 turkeys, 64 farm occupants who rent their land, 64 geese, 51 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 13 other fowl, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB009010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB009010— 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). "Douglas, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/douglas-mb009010-1891/.