Eastern, Manitoba (1881 census)
Eastern was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,261. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.804°N, 95.582°W.
Population
In 1881, Eastern had a population of 4,261: 2,711 male and 1,550 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 (0.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Eastern shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,261 total population, 2,711 males, 1,550 females, 1,424 married persons, 952 families, 731 married males, 693 married females, 62 widowed persons, 34 widowed males, 28 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,775 single persons under 18, 1,946 single males under 18, 829 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 495 occupied houses, 438 inhabited houses, 57 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 54 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,040 bushels of potatoes, 1,632 bushels of oats, 784 bushels of spring wheat, 735 bushels of other root crops, 250 bushels of turnips, 245 tons of hay, 210 acres of hay crops, 179 bushels of barley, 121 bushels of corn, 49 acres of potatoes, 44 acres of wheat, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,261 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:
MB187001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB187001— 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 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). "Eastern, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/eastern-mb187001-1881/.