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Year: 1891  |  Province: Manitoba  |  Wikidata: Q312121

Emerson, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)

Emerson, Town—Ville was a town in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 660. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q312121. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.015°N, 97.213°W.

Population

In 1891, Emerson, Town—Ville had a population of 660: 338 male and 322 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1881977
1891660
1901840

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Emerson, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 660 total population, 338 males, 322 females, 210 married persons, 126 families, 109 married males, 101 married females, 19 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 9 widowed females, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 431 single persons under 18, 219 single males under 18, 212 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 648 persons who are not French Canadian, 12 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 123 houses, 123 occupied houses, 100 houses built of wood, 92 houses of 2 stories, 70 uninhabited houses, 67 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 1 story, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses built of brick, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,512 bushels of spring wheat, 8,205 bushels of oats, 2,798 acres of land in farms, 1,900 pounds of homemade butter, 1,698 chickens, 1,586 bushels of barley, 1,520 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,278 acres of improved land in farms, 1,275 acres of farmland under crops, 1,090 bushels of potatoes, 928 acres of wheat, 650 bushels of turnips, 273 acres of oats, 135 milk cows, 132 horses aged over 3 years, 111 swine, 104 ducks, 93 other cattle, 67 geese, 66 acres of barley, 60 tons of hay, 49 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 turkeys, 32 other fowl, 30 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 18 occupants of farms, 13 swine slaughtered or sold, 9 farm occupants who own their land, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 oxen, 6 acres of potatoes, 4 cattle killed or sold, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Emerson, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/emerson-town-ville-mb008003-1891/.