Fairford & Posen, Manitoba (1891 census)
Fairford & Posen was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,167. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.821°N, 98.204°W.
Population
In 1891, Fairford & Posen had a population of 1,167: 597 male and 570 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 North Eastern, 1881 (38.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Posen, 1901 (10.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Fairford & Posen shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,167 total population, 597 males, 570 females, 335 married persons, 240 families, 168 married males, 167 married females, 4.90 average size of families, 4 widowed persons, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 828 single persons under 18, 427 single males under 18, 401 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,160 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 239 occupied houses, 177 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 62 houses, 62 houses built of wood, 58 houses of 1 story, 37 houses of 1 room, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 4 rooms, 1 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,300 pounds of homemade butter, 2,264 tons of hay, 1,685 bushels of potatoes, 895 acres of land in farms, 483 other cattle, 470 acres of farmland in pasture, 382 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 236 milk cows, 107 chickens, 70 bushels of barley, 68 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 51 occupants of farms, 50 bushels of turnips, 49 farm occupants who own their land, 45 horses aged over 3 years, 43 acres of improved land in farms, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 39 oxen, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 swine, 20 cattle killed or sold, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 sheep, 16 swine slaughtered or sold, 13 acres of farmland under crops, 13 acres of potatoes, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 acres of barley, 2 ducks, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB006004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB006004— 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). "Fairford & Posen, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/fairford-posen-mb006004-1891/.